Tuesday and Wednesday...........

Tuesday, shopping day, not for very much because I had picked up some items on Monday, milk and bread and the like. Spent the evening tidying, then dusting (thankless work) ready for the visitor today.

Our solicitor was to call at 2pm with her clerk, for our Will signatures and to set up Lasting Power of Attorney for Cag. They were early, but we were ready........ just. It a complicated business, and I could see Cag was having difficulties following what was being discussed. The solicitor was very understanding, and we have decided to have the forms completed but to hold the registration until later. I think it brought to the fore, many of the worries that Cag has but never mentions. She thinks only of today or tomorrow, never any further than that. Fear of the future? Perhaps.

Because Cag couldn't sign and a 'mark' was not good enough for the L.P.A, we had to get a pair of neighbours to help out. One to sign on Cag's behalf and one to act as an extra witness. I don't think they have seen Cag closely since she broke her leg about 30 months ago, and of course, they noticed quite a change. It's only when you don't see someone for some time that you can notice a progress or a decline. I'm afraid Cag has not made progress. I see the same look in the eyes of her sisters, and her mother at Christmas time. I don't think she notices, she too busy trying to keep up.

Two pieces of bad news followed this afternoon. Firstly my cousin, who lives two doors form us, was taken into hospital. It was her birthday today which made it even worse. Hopefully it just observation and if all is well she will be home in 48 hours. A telephone call from one of Cag's sisters informed us that Cag's mother had been taken into hospital this morning. It's a recurring gallbladder problem, which we all hope will finally be sorted out this time. It about her third hospitalisation for the same problem. The daughter that usually sorts out mother's problems is cruising around New Zealand at the moment, so others will have to do their share.

Now, what can happen tomorrow?