A visit with Pa...

Travis' grandfather, aka Pa, has Alzheimers and is currently in a nursing home. We try to go and visit him as often as possible. Usually when we get there he is laying in his bed watching TV. So tonight when we went for our visit, we almost walked right past him because he was sitting at a table in the eating area looking out the window and watching other residents. He smiled ear to ear when he saw us, as he loves having company! We had Elbie with us, so he was even more excited to see us (along with all the other residents)!! We had a lot of fun tonight because he was acting a lot more like himself! He kept picking on us and laughing and joking around! He introduced the other residents to Elbie as "his little dog". He asked a nurse what she thought of "my little dog"! It was so sweet! Suprisingly, Elbie was good the whole time!

This one lady kept coming over to us to see the dog- she wanted to give her some Diet Mountain Dew. We could hardly understand what she was saying- so everytime she would talk, Pa would start laughing...and of course I was there to snap a picture! By the end of the night, he was enjoying having his picture taken. He got to where he would ask me: "did you get another picture of me?"

Here is a picture of him talking to Nanny on the phone...he sure does miss her! We sure do hope he gets better soon so he can come back home! He's so much fun to be around though! What I wouldn't give to have one more day with my Grandpa. Keep Pa in your prayers. We're hoping that he will get stronger and be able to walk on his own again soon so he can come home.

One last funny story...last night we were having trouble getting Pa to drink his minerals... here is how it went:

Lea Ann- Come on Pa- you have to drink your minerals to get stronger so you can go home.

Pa- (rolling up his shirt sleeve and flexing his muscles) - I don't need to get any stronger- I'm already dangerous!

Lea Ann- (speechless)