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Just a short update about June. My last few visits she either sleeping in front of her meal or at bingo and did not respond to me.
But the last visit she was in the lounge listening to a visiting singer and gave me a big Howdy when I said hello.!
Friday, June 25, 2010
BYE BYE BIRDIE
In the Broadway play/movie Conrad Birdie is an Elvis type singer drafted into the army.
My Conrad was really in the army. He suffers from aphasia which means he has a hard time communicating his thoughts. His brain is sharp but but to say them is hard. But we manage.
Conrad does not mingle with the other residents except for meals. Other than that he walks around for exercise and watches TV.
On my last visit he was quiet, saying he had a headache. So I sat and watched with him.. As usual it was a Law and Order. After some time had past he said...Do you know why I like these shows? These show are about police and he was an MP in the army during WWII stationed in Germany. I would think the aphasia developed after the war...perhaps a head injury
He proceeded to tell me about Germany during the end of the war, a lady he had liked and his last job...guarding Nazi war criminals.
I believe much of this is true...because he can remember current and past news, etc.
I hope my Conrad is around for quite awhile because he has had an interesting life.
Conrad comes from a prominent family in up state New York. I have googled them and he has answered my questions. However, he doe not want anyone to contact them.. I would suppose anyone that he knew has long past.
But he knows me.
My Conrad was really in the army. He suffers from aphasia which means he has a hard time communicating his thoughts. His brain is sharp but but to say them is hard. But we manage.
Conrad does not mingle with the other residents except for meals. Other than that he walks around for exercise and watches TV.
On my last visit he was quiet, saying he had a headache. So I sat and watched with him.. As usual it was a Law and Order. After some time had past he said...Do you know why I like these shows? These show are about police and he was an MP in the army during WWII stationed in Germany. I would think the aphasia developed after the war...perhaps a head injury
He proceeded to tell me about Germany during the end of the war, a lady he had liked and his last job...guarding Nazi war criminals.
I believe much of this is true...because he can remember current and past news, etc.
I hope my Conrad is around for quite awhile because he has had an interesting life.
Conrad comes from a prominent family in up state New York. I have googled them and he has answered my questions. However, he doe not want anyone to contact them.. I would suppose anyone that he knew has long past.
But he knows me.
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