April 16, 2011
I baked cookies all day on Saturday with Lizzy and Jenny to raise money for a 3-day, 60 mile walk I am doing in September for breast cancer research. We are selling Lizzy's delicious cookies as a fundraiser. We began baking at 9am and finished at 7:30pm-780 cookies later. Sheesh. If I never roll another ball of dough again, I will be happy.
Anywho-as soon as I finished at Lizzy's, I drove straight across to visit Annie. She was already in bed with her hair protector cap on and was finishing up a phone call with Will. She was excited to see me again and listened with great interest as I recapped the cookie baking events. She mentioned Lizzy seemed very domesticated. She is-very much more so than I am. I brought Annie some of the raspberry thumbprint shortbread cookies to add to her sweets collection. She was thrilled.
After a few minutes, Russell and Harriett arrived for a post-dinner visit. She was really happy to see them and carried on a completely coherent conversation with them. I was so happy for that and for her. She knows that her brain isn't functioning very well and even said that on Friday so when she does really well with outside visitors, I know it makes her happy.
After they left, we chatted a bit longer about some additional chores she needs me to complete. Because it was approaching 8pm and I hadn't eaten dinner yet, I promised her I would complete them on Sunday. Just before I left, I leaned in to give her a kiss on her forehead and she realized she hadn't put her face cream on and asked me to do it for her. I didn't mind at all but when I started rubbing it on her face, she mentioned a dry skin spot on her right cheek. She asked me to put extra cream there and to use my fingernail to try to scrape some of the dry skin off. AAHHH! I just rubbed a little harder there, but no matter how much I love her, I just couldn't bring myself to scrape her dry skin. You have to draw the line somewhere right? HAHAHA!
Until next time...
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Ha, Ha...love these posts. Thanks so much for this excellent reporting on Annie and her life in healthcare and for being there in her time of need!
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