A Gift

Yesterday we arrived at the hospital and Ros was sleeping. After a while, he woke up and, thank God, he was almost his normal sweet self again! What a miracle...a gift. Ros was alert and so happy to see us. He asked Lucie about her soccer and school. We were overjoyed by how normal he was...So sweet - remarking on how nice everybody is and that the bed was so comfortable he slept like a log. Although he wasn't able to eat his whole dinner, he did eat the blueberry cheesecake and drink a small bottle of water, too.

We asked if he had gotten out of bed (not expecting a positive answer) and he said,"No, they are watering the horse in the stall." HA! That is so Ros! He was concerned for us traveling so far to visit him (only 15 minutes) and was thanking us for coming. We knew he was feeling well when we told him we wanted him to come home soon and he asked if he could chase the pretty girls in the hospital. He told us he would worry about us driving home.

The nurse said his white blood cell count was going down which coincides with his behavior. The dementia can be aggravated by any infection and vice versa. Good news after a long week. We were glad to have our sweet Ros back.

Thank, God.