Ch.104 McKenzie Maria McGillicutty: How to Have a Little Fun When It is Hard Finishing Your Sentences.           Pat has been having more trouble finishing her sentences Read more

Ch. 103 Pat is Home with Me in My Heart August, 2021            Yesterday the Home Health evaluator told us that since Pat hadn’t made any progress gaining Read more

Ch.102  Pat Reads Nancy Drew to Ron           Aug. 2021           Finding things to do together has become challenging now that Pat has begun Read more

Ch.101 The Story of Blackberry the Steer: How Pat Saved a Life and Gained a Large Friend           Every family has its stories that get passed down Read more

Ch.100 Disheartening Morning; Somber Afternoon; Beautiful Evening July 2021 Disheartening Morning. Pat is back at Peaceful Life Assisted Living. Today she was scheduled to receive an evaluation for physical therapy from her previous Read more

Ch.99 Why Now? Pat has a Flare Up of her Auto-Immune Disease           July 2021.           Pat endured the first attack of bullous pemphigoid Read more

Ch.98 Pat is Transferred to a Rehab Center            July 9, 2021           Pat has finally been transferred to a rehab center, a nursing home Read more

Ch.97 Pat Returns to the Hospital June 29, 2021 10:00 a.m. “Ron, Pat fell out of bed and is floating in and out of awareness. We’ve called an ambulance.” 11:00 a.m. Pat, my daughter Cindy, Read more

Ch.96 Pat Tells Me How She is Growing           June 2021.           Today I took Pat for a wheelchair walk from Peaceful Life assisted Read more

Ch.95 The Transition to Assisted Living was Going Well – Until the Fire Alarm Went Off              June 13, 2021           Pat has been Read more

Ch.94 Twenty-Four Hours of Chaos           June 8, 2021           10:00 A.M.  Pat and I cuddle quietly in bed. Everything seems ok. A time Read more

Ch.93 We’re Ready to Accept Help.           June 2021           Pat came home today. She’s only partially recovered from her urinary tract infection, though, Read more

Ch.92 Ron has a Panic Attack and Pat has a Urinary Tract Infection June, 2021           Pat began getting weaker about three weeks ago. A little at first, Read more

Ch.91 Pat Eats Little but Seems Unconcerned           May 2021           One-half piece of cake; four apple slices; about six bites of pork stir Read more

Ch.90 Ron and Don Discuss their Roles with their Wives           May 2021           One of the Greek philosophers thought that humans could be Read more

Ch.89 Ron Reminds Pat of her Accomplishments           May, 2021.           Pat and I were chatting this morning when I mentioned that her contributions Read more

Ch.88 Pat Outwits a Would-be Seducer           April 2021           It’s evening and Pat and I are having a nice talk. “I want to Read more

Ch.87 Spring Colors and the Lewy Body Lifestyle. April, 2021.           Spring colors! Silver-green new wisps of leaves sliding down Willow branches; Yellow-green Birch leaflets; red-brown sandstone boulders Read more

Ch86 Lewy Body Helps Pat Finds a Way to Honor her Deceased Brother           Several days after Kevin died (a sudden heart attack) a package came for Read more

Ch.85 Are We Still on the Same Team? March 2021           The Lewy Body journey is a difficult one both for the affected individual and their care partner. Read more