Sunday, November 2, 2008

Oh, it's Amanda!

Recently, my friend Martha went to the hospital. I found out when I went to visit her in her room at the nursing home. The nurse told me that she had been taken to the hospital but no one would give me anymore information than that. After a week of calling her friends and family, I finally found a sister that told me she would be released the next day. I baked some chocolate chip cookies and took them to her. While I sat next to her on her bed, she told me of her stay in the hospital and how she missed her room in assisted living (she is now in healthcare). I offered her a cookie and as she took the first bite, she said, "Oh, it's Amanda!" She is mostly deaf and blind so she had not realized who she was talking to. Only after her first bite did she realize who it was. She had cholocate all over lips and asked for a cold drink of water after she finished the cookie. She always hugs me goodbye and kisses me on the cheek as she tells me she loves me. I miss my grandparents the most when I visit Martha.