Alayna and Mom, Lori, the girls and I went to see Gerry yesterday (Thursday), and had a great visit. On a whim, we decided to ask the nurses if we could take Gerr out for dinner. It was fine, so it was a nice surprise for Gerr and all of us. We asked him what he wanted to eat, and he said PIZZA! We asked one of the nurses to recommend a good pizza place. Good recommendation....we went to Alfredo's Pizza & Pasta, and it was equipped with the checked tableclothes, the fake grapes all over the place, and gum stuck to the bottom of the tables & chairs! We were cracking up.
The funny thing was, that as we were joking around, Gerry started joking around in his Italian accent, and it was great! Things like this are coming back to him as sure as day, and he sounded like a true Italian! He loved the pizza, it was really great! O.k., it was not a great night for the diet, but we really had a great time with him. He is truly ready to move on, because when he's out of the hospital, he is in rare form, as happy as a clam, and it is great to see. Anyway, the whole way back to the hospital, he talked in combination of Italian and Spanish with the Italian accent! We couldn't always figure out what he was saying, but like Lori said, a couple of weeks ago, she asked Gerry to say a few words in Spanish, and he couldn't say any. So, it was great!
Of course, when we got back to the hospital, he didn't wanna go back in, and took a few minutes to sit in the van while Lori talked to him. He finally came back in. Lori told him we wouldn't be able to see him Fri. or Sat. (because we're all going on a two night camping weekend down near San Diego...I don't think she told him that, though), but that she'd be up to see him on Sunday. He was kind of down at that point and told her "You're never coming back to see me." He's just ready to be out of there. We all reassured him, and told him he'll be out of there next week.
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