We take so many things in life for granted. Before my wife, Gina, became sick in 1998, we lived, what most people would consider, a normal life. Our world, was pretty much like most of yours. Home to work, work to home, five days a week, with a weekend of activites, for family and friends. During the coarse of a week, we might cover hundreds of miles of territory. That being said, it's easy to understand why, with such a big life, little things at home, didn't always seem that important. If something wasn't just right, no big deal. Putting it in perspective with our big world, they usually seemed, small. I remember the day, after Gina had been bed-ridden for a while, we came to the realization, that what we hoped was a temporary situatition, was not. Gina's world had shrunk to a single room. One thing, I realized very quickly, was that the sterile, clinical look and feeling, I had created for her, out of medical necessity, was actually hurting us. Now, since her new world was a single room, I had to make it the very best I could. Function and style can go together. Something, as simple as de-institutionalizing her home hospital bed was a big deal, in her small world. " Dressing The Room " became a priority. As caregivers, we need to make it our normal standard of care, of turning sick-rooms into well-rooms. It doesn't matter, whether it's in a home setting, or a long-term care facility. What we do for others today, will benefit, us all tomorrow.
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