Poor Buddy, even he is stressed out it seems. The cat stays on the bed with him for hours, finally gets up and sits in the hall – facing the bedroom. When he moves in bed, the cat “goes on alert” – and it’s not to be fed as he never gets fed upon Wayne’s rising.

The past few times that care aides are here, they report that Buddy goes to the bedroom and doesn’t come out til I get home. Usually, he acts like a dog and sits or lies by Wayne’s feet when Wayne is up. I think he’s tired, too, or knows he can leave him to the care of the aides.

All day long, he paces from the kitchen, down the hall to the bedroom. It gets I don’t even notice it but our guests sure do. Walk on, Buddy, we have a long journey to go yet.