Replying to Facebook

Tough times LG, hope it works out.

Thank you all very, very much for your kind wishes about my dad and yes ,Yongle Emperor you can call him Andy, I have no problem with that. Andy is doing amazingly well physically,dementia is a problem, as always, but we have gained a lot of experience in how to deal with that in the last 10 months. My dad is charming the nurses and his fellow patients, most of whom are enjoying the ramblings of his memories than the day to day drudge of being on a hospital ward. Mum apologised to one of the other 'inmates' about how he would be kept awake by Dad, the gentleman replied 'not at all, your husband is keeping me entertained all night, I don't want to go home'. Despite being senile he can still tell a good story.

My post was not done to elicit sympathy for myself or my family, I, like my dad, ramble a bit but I am very aware there are far more people out there who deserve our sympathy. I simply wanted to draw attention to the fact that Facebook, despite i...

Ditto all that LG. Hold firm. All my best wishes for a speedy road to a good recovery for your dad.

Toast, on 28 January 2013 - 10:20 AM, said:

Me too LG. x

All the very best to you and your mum & dad, Lady G.

Go well Lady G!

I too send my well wishes.

Get well soon Andy.

Can I call him Andy ?, if not I am going to anyway :-)

Facebook has come into it's own for me this weekend. My wee senile old dad had a fall on Friday and fractured his hip. My dad has a huge family and they are all very fond of him, he is 81 and has outlived most of his siblings, there were a lot, he has also outlived some of their children and some of their grandchildren too. When he had an operation in 2007 we spent days having to answer phone calls and emails giving updates on his condition, it was exhausting and we really didn't feel like it. This time I was able to just put up 3 simple status updates over Friday and Saturday on my Facebook page which my family, and my friends, could read and I knew we would not have to deal with phone calls wanting updates on him at all times of the day. My first one stated he had fallen and was being taken to hospital, the next one that he had fractured his hip and was being operated on at that time and the final one that the operation had been a success and he was awake and alert,althou...

^^^me submitting my DDP team this year