Update

Hi everyone,

 I know I've been rather sparse about news about Mom lately but news will be coming. I had a nice break down in Admire with Jim and Wayne, was a good 4-5 days, now back to business.

 Talked to the hospice today. She saw Mom today and helped with her shower. Her tremor is increased and she fatigues so easily. It took 45 minutes to complete the shower and get dressed with periods of rest. She has been increasingly complaining of feeling cold. She did, however, express a desire to go out into the lobby area to listen and be closer to the music played out there this morning. Her weight has decreased from 107 to 102 over the past week.

 That's all I know right now; I had planned on going down to Topeka today but since the appt's are all lined up for tomorrow now, I will go tomorrow.

  I will also go to Fish and Game and discuss an issue that came up when I drove Mom's 80 acre section down by Bushong; someone had put up an automatic deer feeder on Mom's property and a tree stand (expensive one) about 25 yards away. It's no question to serve as a hunter's ambush site and I cannot abide that. To keep you in the loop, I left things as they were but left a note I expected it to be gone in a "timely manner" or I would remove it myself. I think I may now who did it, either by themselves or by giving someone else "permission", but I want to make sure before jumping in with both feet, so to speak. But jump I will, for sure.

 It's a cold and even wintry day here in Olathe today; snow in the morning of all things, spitting sleet now, but you've seen the pics.  Since I'm not going to Topeka, Mark and I will go down to the WW I Memorial/Museum area at the old Kansas City Railway Terminal (where Mom and Dad had their picture taken when he was leaving for the Pacific), and then I want to re-visit the Steamship Arabia exhibit down by the river, a really interesting exhibit of a sunken/found steamship from the 1840's.

 More tomorrow likely after we meet with hospice directly and visit Mom in person.

 Love to all, DAD/UR