Well, it's been another quiet week for Dad.
There are little indications that he's declining--I've found I need to give instructions to Dad one at a time. One day he didn't remember the routine with the hand sanitizer--even when I told him what we were doing.
On the other hand, the other day I accidentally squirted some hand sanitizer on his leg, apologized, and he wiped at it, saying, "leg sanitizer" and chuckled!
Today he and I listened to some of General Conference (the Mormon Church's semi-annual world conference). We both enjoyed Elder Jeffrey Holland's talk--he was Dad's beloved student and later his boss. (Ask any family member to tell you the story of Dad telling his Chinese students--who'd been taught about how awful American bosses were--that his boss would give him a hug. But you may have heard it yourself. It's one of his favorite stories!)
Dad told me this week that he was "hanging on"; I suggested that maybe he could let go. It sounded like he doesn't know how to do that. I'm praying he can learn.
Alison
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