Much Better Monday

Ev and I visited Grandpa this morning. He was so much better than yesterday! He was sleeping when we went in, but roused up and knew who we were right away. He asked for his teeth and I also put in his hearing aids, which I was happy to find in the box on his bedside table.

Dad seemed eager to visit and only fell asleep once while we were there. He asked Ev what she had been doing. He mentioned Gayle and Mark coming to visit next week. (Well, he called them Mark and Gwen and had the arrival date mixed up with this week, but still, he had the right idea.)

I mentioned that I had spoken with Ruth and that Matthew was about to graduate. Dad said they had received an announcement. I asked if Dad had any favorite verses or words of wisdom he would want to share with Matthew. His mind immediately went to Isaiah 26:3, which he quoted for us: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Then Dad wished he had his Bible, but thought it was at home. Ev quickly retrieved it from the nightstand along with his glasses and Dad looked up the verse.



He wasn't satisfied with his Bible's version of the verse and said he preferred the sound of the KJV. Grandpa's words for Matthew: "If you stick with that verse, you can't get much better than that." Then he also quoted John 3:17, "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." He was thinking it was the verse that came right after Is. 26:3 and felt that it added so much to the passage.

Lunch came and Dad ate a few bites and drank some iced tea. Lots of coughing. The physical therapist came in and recognized Dad from last year. I don't think it is a good thing for the hospital staff to recognize you. I do hope he will get Dad up and about.