Yeppers! We're doing as good as we can. Darcey is still trying to eat by mouth. We're down to mashed potatoes (but only the ones I make), sweet potato casserole, Stouffer's spinach casserole, mac & cheese and tuna casserole (but I have to keep the tuna to a minimum because it feels like small rocks in her throat). I'm really having to work to get her to take much more than 1 Jevity 1.5 per day. And yes, she continues to lose weight.
She had me up her Trilogy to its max setting recently. She was waking with headaches. Raising it to max has, for the moment, abated those headaches. It may have also helped with her mental well-being... which has been much better of late. She dabbles with the new eyegaze and isn't particularly pleased with is as it is "different" from what she uses currently. But her voice is being less recognized by Dragon Naturally Speaking... so controlling the computer becomes more and more problematic. She has firmly stated that when she can no longer control a computer, she'll be ready to "check out".
Son Jim arrives home from Brooklyn, NY on Wed. Early Thu morning we'll drive up to pick up our new puppy, Elise. We are all very excited! The breeder had us send up a pair of socks that we'd worn for a bit so it would have our scent on it. That package arrived today. So, tomorrow, Elise will have the first hint (scent) of who her new family will be. We're told that she's the quiet, yet smart one of the litter. In no time at all, she figured out how to escape from her harness. The next day, while outside, they were all shown... once... how to get onto the back deck. The next day, Elise went right up to the deck and got up on it, turned and seemed to say, "Hey! Look what I remembered from yesterday!" I just might have my work cut out for me. LOL
My best to each and every one of you!!
Jim
