Table 4.

Minimizing Suffering

Example 1

I bought one of those automatic dialers. Her favorite color was blue like her dress. I put a nice [blue] piece of yarn on it and I used to hang it around her. When it first started out I said, “Just push the button.” Well, she couldn’t remember which button so I took a little nail polish and covered the button for her to push and it would call my cell phone. So I kept all of my jobs within ten minutes of here. Then I’d come home.

Example 2

When I went back about 5 pm and they moved him up into that ward that they redid for the children. He was in the Lion King room. He was not feeling too well. I went in to see him and said, “What did you have to eat today, for breakfast, lunch and dinner?” He said, “I didn’t have any.” I said, “You didn’t eat?” He said, “No, they didn’t bring it.” I said to the nurse, “Um, excuse me. He never got any meals today.” She looked at me and said, “I don’t run the kitchen.”