Need help from someone in Ok.

[ninkasi]

Are there any of you living in, or near, Ardmore, OK? I have an elderly aunt, widowed, and childless, who is in a nursing home there. Some months ago, one of her other nieces wrote to let me know that she had been moved from an assisted living facility to a place providing more long term care. At the time, she said our aunt didn't have a phone yet, and had not been able to visit her.

I wrote back, requesting more information, but have still had no response. I misplaced her letter, so was unable to write again. I have now found the letter, but can't find the place, which she said is called Whispering Oaks, 111 13th NW. This is an aunt of mine by marriage, but I've known her all of my life, and had been calling her pretty frequently before. I hate to think that she must believe I've forgotten about her, or just don't care.

My uncle died years ago, and her only child, my cousin, died just a few years ago. Her only two grandchildren live out of state, and she rarely hears from them. If any of you can find a number for this place, can you please either post it, or IM me? I would love more than anything to establish contact with her again. It's sad, because while she does have nieces and nephews that are related to her by blood, they are now in their sixties, like me, and most have elderly parents of their own to assist.

For any DU angel who can help, or even make the attempt, I would be most grateful.

Ninkasi

[LynzM]

1. Are you just looking for a phone number?

Google + Google maps comes up with this:

Whispering Oaks - more info »
111 13th Ave NW, Ardmore, OK
[phone]

You could call and ask, maybe?

Edited to add: Best of luck to you with getting back in contact with her - that's a very nice thing for you to do :)

[ninkasi]

2. Oh, yes!

LynzM, I can't thank you enough. I'm going to call, and confirm that she is there. The last time she was moved, from OK City to Ardmore, I spent a couple of days locating her. I'll post here if I locate her. She is very lonely, and her son's death was a suicide, or at least that's the way it was pronounced. She was living near him in California then, and only asked to be able to bring his body back to Ok, to be buried next to his father. His 2nd, new wife, refused.

She relieves his death every time I call, but I just comfort her as she cries, and then we talk about other things. She was always the first one to step forward when somebody needed help, and it's been tearing me up to think of her feeling lonely and abandoned. Thank you, thank you, thank you again for finding the number.

[ninkasi]

3. I just finished talking to her

Thank you again. I can tell that her mind has started to wander a bit, but we had a nice talk, and she was glad to hear from me. She loves to read, mostly romance novels, so I'm going to send a bunch to her. She asked when I can come and see her, so will try to work something out for after the first of the year. Again, my sincere thanks. You are
O8) :hug:

[LynzM]

4. You're so very welcome, ninkasi

I'm very glad to have been able to help! Everyone needs a kind spirit in their lives, and it sounds like you are hers.

Also, just so you know, here is how I found the number-

I took what you posted, and put it into the google search, and it came up on a list of hospitals. Then I took the name and address given there (very similar to what you posted, just not exact), and searched for that in the google maps "business" search. So if you ever need to do something similar, you can try that!

I'm so glad you are reunited! :bounce:

[ninkasi]

5. I'm going to copy your suggestion

I hope you understand how much what you did means to me. There are too many elderly people who are, while not abandoned by family, somehow put further down on a list of priorities. I in no way fault the niece who wrote to me, because her own mother is in her late eighties, and suffers her own health problems.

I just couldn't allow a woman who was always there when I grew up, willing to help with my own grandmother when she grew old, and who helped take care of my two youngest brothers, who were 8 and 6 months when our mother died, feel forgotten. If anybody deserves a special place in heaven, it is my aunt. And you.

[LynzM]

6. Aw....

I'm all :blush: over here. I feel like I didn't do that much, but I'm so glad that what feels like a small action on my part can bring such good things to you and to your aunt. I hope that having you back in her life brings her joy and happiness! :)