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Kharla Jolly @kobesbuddy (78833) • East Tawas, Michigan 22 Jun 24

For Father's Day, Shantay sent this picture to Jay. It's a photo of his older sister Shirley and our niece, Shantay. She was visiting her aunt in the nursing home, where Shirley lives. Shirley is Jay's sister number four, who's...

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Anna Passed Away, I Went to School With Her

Kharla Jolly @kobesbuddy (78833) • East Tawas, Michigan 5 May 24

When I read about Anna's death, I almost couldn't believe it! She was a girl I went to school with. Anna's family lived around the corner from the home where I grew up. I had no idea that Anna had serious heart issues. The last...

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Jay's Visit Today, With Marilyn and Shirley

Kharla Jolly @kobesbuddy (78833) • East Tawas, Michigan 3 May 24

Two of Jay's sister's are living in nursing homes. Marilyn is living 65 miles from Decatur, Alabama in Tuscaloosa. And Jay is driving there to visit this afternoon. She is one of his younger sisters at 60, she's suffering from the...

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2/22/24 - Update on My Husband

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222623) • United States 22 Feb 24

I had a telephone conference with some of the staff of the rehab facility yesterday. They brought me up-to-date on what is being done with my husband and also answered my questions. Physical therapy weighed my husband...he has...

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Pleasantly surprised

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169505) • United States 27 Oct 22

I was able to be at the nursing home yesterday when the physical therapy doctor came by. I like him. First surprise. . . he explained to Bob the importance of getting natural sunlight to help him strengthen his immunity. I had...

october 2022

physical therapy

nursing home

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A disappointment

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169505) • United States 24 Oct 22

Originally Bob thought he would transfer to a nursing home/rehab October 29. Saturday when I was there we were told he would likely be moved today instead. He got his hopes up. He got himself up, and dressed and sat in a chair...

october 2022

nursing home

disappointment

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A Simple Explanation

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382325) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jun 22

Sometimes we can come across something that might be a bit unusual and come up with all sorts of explanations for the phenomenon. What we saw was pretty simple really. There were lots of parked cars and others still looking for...

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Buckling Down For the Artic Blast

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 11 Mar 22

I got up early this morning and got everything done outside that needed to be done and now I am glad that I did. My oldest daughter called and said that she was all cleared to meet me in Baton Rouge tomorrow (Sat.). We had...

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A missing gold college ring found in Richfield Utah

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122256) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 23 Nov 21

This story is incredible since thanks to the work of Richfield Utah resident Kelly Stewart who used a metal detector to find missing objects in his hometown. Kelly made an amazing discovery in February 2019 when he found a...

college ring

metal detector

nursing home

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Successful Day

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 22 Oct 21

I spent the day (Friday) going to Baton Rouge, LA. I picked up one of my daughters and we went to visit my mother in the nursing home. She was doing so-so. We almost didn't get an appointment and the social worker asked me to...

christmas tree

attic

christmas decorations

visit my mother

nursing home

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How is YOUR Saturday?

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 11 Sep 21

Well Saturday has snuck up on me rather quickly. I have had a super busy week and haven't checked in here for several days. So, I thought it was time to put up a post! What have I been doing? The nursing home battle contines....

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My Wednesday and Happy September

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 1 Sep 21

I slept late this mornig because I couldn't sleep last night. I was tired and went to bed and ended up tossing and turning. I didn't get up though an finally fell asleep around 4 a.m. After doing a few routine things inside and...

relaxing soak in the tub

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Busy Week

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 19 Aug 21

I haven't been online much this week because of other things happening that have taken me away from the house. I had the meeting in Baton Rouge at the nursing home on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday afternoon I covered the 2 to 6...

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What Have I Been Doing? Where Have I Been?

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 11 Aug 21

Hello myLotters. I wanted to put up a post here quickly to show you that I'm still alive. I have been busy on numerous things but have been trying to do a bit of reading and my notifications every day/night. So what have I been...

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Busy Day!

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 22 Jun 21

I had a busy day today. I had to go to Baton Rouge to get my mother's signature on a page for Social Security to allow me to add a new bank account for her deposit each month. Her account was involved in fraudulent charges in...

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Long Day Today!

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 14 Apr 21

Well today was another busy day. We had to go to Baton Rouge again today to close my mother's bank account and re-open due to more fraudulent charges hitting her checking account. We assumed the same people (family) were...

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Writing a daily nursing home personal diary

Charlene Sally Collins @OreoBrownie (3755) • Commerce, Georgia 13 Mar 21

There are so many residents here, that my Unit Manager found it helpful for those of us who liked to write letters in print or cursive, we could write a daily diary letter to her and have the staff put them on her desk. Since I...

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Cant find her Again!

Charlene Sally Collins @OreoBrownie (3755) • Commerce, Georgia 11 Mar 21

Can't find her again I can't find her. My email pal. I don't know if something is wrong or not a lot of things have changed in our lives, so there is no way that I can know. I hate not being able to know what my family of...

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Nursing home life with Alzheimer's disease

Charlene Sally Collins @OreoBrownie (3755) • Commerce, Georgia 28 Feb 21

Many of you know I live in a nursing home setting. It is a lot better than being at home, really. This is the second time I'm trying to enter a post. I wrote it all on the Mylot post page and promptly lost it and I could never...

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A young girl in New York making seniors happy with her gift cards

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122256) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 12 Jan 21

I am amazed that five year old who lives in New York state named Aryana Chopra is using her talents to draw gift cards for residents who live in a nursing home in Vestal New York to make them feel better during the pandemic...

nursing home

senior citizens

handmade cards

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