Twice in a week! Can y'all stand it!?

Good day at the activity center again yesterday... think he's settling in. They are hesistant to give him afternoon snack (choking) but we get around that because there's a McDonald's on the corner, so I get him a milkshake on the way home.

Work continues on the yard demo.. when they tore out the deck we realized the local rodent community had established the House of Escargot Restaurant under there! Literally hundreds upon hundreds of empty snail shells. (If you dare, there's a picture on my Facebook page. Eep!) So.. I'm really glad we got it all pulled out. There's a huge pile of vegetation in the middle of the yard, and they took the bobcat and scraped up the top layer of soil with all it's burs and foxtails! It's already a safer place for the dogs, and once it's cleared out and we get a ramp from the house to the yard (no step there currently) it'll be a safe place already for Glen to go do his walks.

Sent an e-mail to the finance guy today to see if there's a way we can get the rest of the project creatively financed.. I really really want this for Glen.. he earned the money, he should be able to enjoy what little "retirement" time he has!

So Glen has definitly shown signs of his breathing declining over the past couple of weeks. His cough is weaker and I'm having to frequently ask him repeat things.. a combo of low volume due to lack of breath, and slurred speech caused by weakening speech muscles. And he needs help most of the time getting dressed. It's all kind of overwhelming and frustrating sometimes. Then Kevin and I put our "denial shell" back on and move forward as best we can.