I meet today with staff at Rice Estate about Dad's future. They sent me a very large bill the other day, but it was only very large because they asked for all of November in advance. I have very grave doubts whether he will want to stay for all of November, though not because there's anything in particular wrong with Rice Estate. He's already lost almost six months, and at 90, pushing 91, there isn't an unlimited supply of months.
On the other hand, Margaret still isn't moving that well, and I dread having them living together alone without help. Thus, I mainly need to talk about how to get them help, how to get him rides to dialysis three times a week, how to get his dialysis moved to a more convenient facility, etc. Or how Rice Estate is going to make him significantly more ready to go home than he is already. I think what nobody grasps is how much better he is. In spite of being so very thin, he's much better off than he was before all this started, or even a year ago. Whether that's good enough is another question; whether he can get drastically better is another still. But he and Margaret miss each other so badly, and deserve to be together. Tough one, isn't it?
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