We've been a little busy!

I recently gained legal guardianship of my aunt. She had always lived at home until this past March when she was moved to a nursing home in west Texas. Two weeks after moving, the lady who cared for her unexpectedly passed away leaving my aunt in legal limbo. After a family meeting of her 5 nieces and her sister, it was determined Tom and I were in a good position to oversee her care. So, the legal process began. A lawyer was hired and he guided us through the process of obtaining legal guardianship. We decided to take a trip out to visit with her to see how she was doing and where she was living.

I must say, we found her to be in a very nice facility surrounded by very caring people. And, she was doing well, though quite forgetful of present day things. Now, past goings on? She remembered those things very well. We had taken our laptop with us and some of our time spent with her was looking at pictures from the 1950's and 60's that I had scanned in a few years ago. She knew everyone in all the pictures! Didn't miss a one.



A few days before our court date with the judge for the guardianship hearing, my aunt broke her leg about 3 inches below the hip joint. We don't know if she fell and the bone fractured, or if she fell because of the fracture but I guess that doesn't really matter. The end result was our receiving a phone call from a hospital in Lubbock, clearing our calendar, and traveling there to see about her. We got to the hospital just has she was getting to her room from recovery and ended up staying for nine days while she recovered from her fall and surgery to repair the leg.

We had decided that she should move to our area so we could better care for her so the natural transition to the new facility was upon discharge from the hospital. And she traveled in style!


Non-stop all the way!! We followed in our car. Good thing we had a full tank of fuel at the beginning of the trip. The low fuel light came on after we left the new facility and were driving the short distance to our house!

She has since settled into the new routine and is getting much needed physical therapy. You can see she no longer has her glasses. They were lost in the shuffle of ambulances when she was first transported to the local hospital and then on to the one in Lubbock when she broke her leg. New ones are on order but haven't arrived as of yet.

This past Monday morning we joined in with the singing devotional being conducted in the dining room. My aunt really did enjoy the singing. The songs we sang were some of the older songs and everyone knew them and enjoyed them. I think that was the first time I'd ever sung only one verse Just As I Am!

Taking over someone else's business has been a real education! And, I couldn't have done it alone. Thanks, Tom, for all your wonderful help in making phone calls and gathering all the needed information and organizing it in such a way that everything is at our fingertips!
~Nancy~