95 and still driving!

Here’s Papa waiting to do his eye exam for his license.  Yes, I took him.  He knew we were going to be moving him to St. Louis and his license expired on his birthday (January 17th).  Byron thought I was crazy when I told him I was going to take Papa to get his license.  I knew he needed to have that since he was losing everything else.  I did call and make sure he had a chance.  I also talked to Papa to make sure he would not be too sad if he was not able to get it.  Anyway, Friday morning we set out to get this done since we were leaving for St. Louis Sunday morning.  This was the last chance to get it.  He passed the eye exam with flying colors and then the lady asked me if I thought he would be up for the driving test.  Now, even though Papa is 95 he actually is a really safe driver, so I said yes.  He was so cute not wanting to use his oxygen during the test.  He thought they might not give him his license if he wore it.  Anyway, off they went.

Here comes Papa back from the test.

Check out the smile on his face.  He PASSED!!!  I was so proud of him.  Really, less than 3 weeks before I went to stay with him hospice didn’t think he would make it to the weekend and here we were getting his license.

Here he is getting his picture for his license!  How cute is he?!

I love the smile on his face here.  His actual license will come in the mail, but here’s his certificate.  No, we will not be letting him drive, but here he is with his license.  Really, this is the sweetest man EVER!  I really love him.

OK so after we did this I asked if we could go through McDonald’s to get me a coke before heading back to his house.  He, of course, let me.  I asked if he wanted anything and he asked for a burger.  I have no clue when his last burger had been, but he has not been able to eat solid food like a burger for a while.  He enjoyed that burger and I enjoyed watching him eat it.  Boy, we had a great day!