Today was a big day. Lily and I were getting tired from everything, and especially Lily who had been helping her mom during the night. Georgia has been up and down, but to this point there was no major episode like what sent her to the hospital.
Lily spent a ton of time today with her mom working on paperwork for her admittance into Legacy Village. She also took her mom to get the Carona Virus test. The whole process was a complete joke. The “Test Utah” organization will only test people under super specific circumstances and “An Elderly woman with intensive medical needs cannot move into her care center without this test” apparently isn’t enough. So Lily had to lie and say she had certain Covid symptoms (but not other because then they would send Georgia to the hospital and not test her there). Fortunately Lily was coached up by the lady at Test Utah about what to input in their system so Georgia could get tested. Lily half-jokingly said thank goodness she was the one doing that and not me because I would have a panic attack. I say half jokingly, because she’s quite right. I get very stressed bending the truth even a little, even if it is the obviously right thing to do.
In the afternoon, I bought new bike shoes for my road bike, and I also bought a new shower chair and a beautiful new recliner for Georgia. The recliner is made for elderly people with medical needs and it has a remote to control it. I felt happy hoping Georgia would like it. On the way home, I got pizza and ice cream for the family. Through all of the this, Lily and I have neglected the kids quite a bit, but at least they are eating happily :). Also, I did manage to play GoFish with them earlier in the day. They were were excited about it because Suzanne had recently taught them how to play.
In the evening, the kids made a huge mountain out of pillows and blankets and played with stuffed animals on their “mountain”. I love those kids! They have been so sweet, self-sufficient and fun during this difficult time.
Today, we had had lots and lots of processing and dialogue between Georgia, Lily, me, Clark and Swathi. We talked a lot about what to do for Georgia. We discussed care center options, home-care options, building out the new room for Georgia etc etc. Georgia seemed to prefer the idea of a care center because of the peace, order, care and simplicity of that solution, but Lily, Clark and I had a lot of conversation as we explored our own feelings on what was best. At the end of the night, Lily felt very strongly that we should keep Georgia here, close to family and home. Clark definitely preferred the idea of her being at home. I was back and forth. All of us wanted Georgia to make her own decision at the end of the day. One complication with the care at home strategy is that the noise is such a problem for her and she would need to endure a construction project at home for her new room to be built out.