HM is also a happy-go-lucky person who will generally go along with whatever I throw her way. She also in her 90s with a bi-lateral amputation. FF is a smiley happy man that doesn't let too much get him down. I grouped them together the other day. She was telling me that FF to came in smiling at her aiming to sit next to her in the dining hall for lunch. HM says to FF, "What are you grinning at? I don't need the company of a man, go sit someplace else." I was asking her if she got a lot of attention when she was younger. She says not particularly, but one thing that stuck with her was when a man was giving her unwanted attention and told him to go away. He said to her, "You know what your problem is? You cute and you know it." Her response, "The only things I think are cute are babies and monkeys and I ain't neither one of those." Again, had me laughing.
When one of my patients first came to us she screamed all day and all night. She has dementia and I was intimidated to work with her. Since then, about a week ago, she has calmed down with the help of her daughter. I was monitoring her during a feeding group. She used to be feed by CNAs, turns out she can feed herself with a few verbal cues. Every time she takes a bite of food, she says, "Thank you" in her raspy voice. Periodically she'll say, "in the kingdom of God" in a sing-song voice between bites.
DH is a native american fighter. She tells me she been in many fights and been to jail ~4 times. She is one of my favorites too since she does anything I tell her :) The other day the PT and I took her for a walk to Starbucks. I ask her what her spirit animal is. She says she is a buffalo. I ask her what mine is, I'm a rabbit. I ask her what the PT is, he's a donkey. A donkey?! Oh my goodness I had to laugh at that one.
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