Hi Friends,
This is Ali and Vern’s friend Jen, just dropping in for a small update. Last time I posted here, it was mid-August and Vernon had just been transferred to Kindred. I was beaming along with Ali at this great environment for healing. And hasn’t it proven so? Here we are two months since that transition and Vernon is talking with us, proving his strength, and rocking out with us to some of his favorite music…The Jam.
During our visit, we crossed over to the topic of the accident, which I had known he doesn’t fully believe yet. And in true Vernon style, he commented that we “don’t even have documentation“. We thought, well, in fact we do have some proof. And just like we were back up at our office, I got my laptop computer and shared a few photos to show that indeed we did have some documentation. Ali captured this moment below.
It wasn’t too much of a reaction, but we did seem to have his temporary sense of appeasement. I imagine as Vern continues to heal, we may have to recount this story for him from time to time along the way. For now, he says he remembers me, that we rode the train to work together. OK, well today made me smile. I am so thankful to be able to share with you I had my first conversations with our friend in nearly 5 months. A cool moment indeed.
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Thanks so much for coming today! He definitely remembers you…from the train every morning! 🙂 I’m sure that’s just a figure of speech to mean office!
A very Cool Moment Indeed!
so please he recognised you Jen .. like the saying goes “if Mohammed cannot come to the mountain….”
so your portable office goes to Vern!!
this is the first photo of Vern, that looks so much like “Vern” ..in a t-shirt with a laptop ..way to go!! Allison has caught the moment perfectly in this photograph, with the Kindred staff in the background too
hugs and love to you all xx
He’s getting ready for your Visit, Vanessa. You can ask the nurse to have him put in a wheelchair whenever you need it. He will appreciate getting out of bed a much as possible, no doubt. Not many places to go there except the lobby and the parking lot…but he seems to enjoy sitting up more than lying down these days. And he loves having visitors…and here we always pegged him as an introvert!
thankyou Allison , we are looking forward to being over to see you all, think it will be perfect for him to be out of that bed..have photos to show him and some books i could read to him..i`ll see how he feels about that….maybe he is not so much an introvert as we thought!!
see you Saturday , hugs xx
ps maybe the sight of a cadburys chocolate bar may get his juices going for food??
Thanks Vanessa, I know it is going to mean so much for his sister to come and see him! Praying you have some wonderful moments together.
oh thanks Jen … i hope he will enjoy Paul and me being with him ..maybe paul and vern can talk some politics, you know how Vern loves a good old debate ..talk about things back in England, anything that will help him to talk and remember… Paul and i would love any of Vern and Allisons friends to pop by and say hi, yep lets hope for some wonderful moments xx
He does indeed look very lucid in this picture. Love you Vern.
Such a great picture makes us look forward to Friday…not sure what his reaction to us will be but we are up for whatever happens…Love Nancy
Hi Nancy! I think the key is to ask him a mix of questions that are open-ended and give him an opportunity to talk to you. Sometimes, it is just good to be in his reality too. It seemed like he really responds to the simple joy of his visitor being so happy to see him. And FWIW, don’t be dismayed, he may tire easily!