Update on Bill

Wednesday I visited Bill. The last time I visited Bill I stopped at Brendan House first and learned Bill was still in the hospital. Today I found Bill's hospital room empty and then had to walk over to Brendan House.

Brendan House is a transitional medical facility. I also found that in the years since dad had been in Brendan House they built a new 'pod' of rooms, in effect doubling the size of the transitional medical part of the nursing home.

An occupational therapist was working with Bill when I arrived. This was their first time working together and the therapist was trying to figure out Bill's abilities and weaknesses. The therapist was the same person who worked with dad years ago.

Bill is unable to talk and makes unintelligible noises when he tries to talk. But today he was awake and alert and understood many things, while some things passed him by during the testing with the therapist. He still has a ways to go as his right side doesn't work at all. Marilyn says Bill's condition seems to vary widely from day to day with good or bad days.

Another couple Bill and Marilyn know arrived and we all chatted until several Brendan House staff members came and chased us out of the room as they had to prepare the room for a new roommate for Bill.