Mom was wide awake and in a smiley happy great mood when Claudia arrived there early this morning; she said that mom even appeared to be happy to see her. Claudia did PT and mom let Claud do it without fighting her. She even helped Claudia with her physical therapy to a degree as well. Claudia had Mom do scissors and cutting and she reported that mom tried to figure out how to open the scissors and get them back in the channel to cut the rest of the line when she realized that she didn't finish cutting it...Mom swatted Claud’s hand away when Claud offered help and managed to figure it out herself. Did sewing with the big plastic buttons—not lacing but sewing. Then Claudia tried to have her slide the buttons in the hole but mom keeps trying to open the container instead. Hey, it's much easier that way!!! Claudia showed mom the book she made her and read it to her. Claudia left the animal boxes (plastic colored boxes that are square and have animal features on them...you open them up and a small plastic, attached animal is inside that you push or shake to make noise) and the book she made her, along with the buttons and lace for sewing.
Anthony went with dad to see mom late this morning and she was awake and fine. They did her physical therapy. They gave her the LTD catalog and a piece of paper and a pen and she went through the catalog and wrote on the paper as if ordering stuff but what she wrote was not legible. They watched TV and talked. Then they had a birthday party to go to for one of the people in the center and the recreation therapist was going to bring her to the party. Dad and Anthony said they would go with her and mom seemed really happy about it, but by the time they came to get her for the party, Anthony and Dad had to leave because Anthony had to get ready for work and he said that mom’s whole demeanor changed. She appeared to be upset that they were leaving and not going to the party with her. It seems like the recreation therapist took her to the party without them.
Claudia and dad saw mom after dinner. They went out for John's birthday today. They said that mom was asleep so they did her physical therapy. Claudia said mom awoke a few times in the 2 hours they were there and appeared to be in a dreamlike state...each time she awoke she appeared to be searching for dad and reaching out for him to hold her hand. He would tell her, "I'm here hon" and then take her hand and then mom would go back to sleep.
I arrived there late tonight to tuck her in and turn off the lights, set the timer on the TV and pray. Mom was sound asleep with her mouth open. I think I forgot to mention yesterday that I bought mom a Nerf gun just for kicks and cause and effect!! We played with it yesterday afternoon. She did shot the nerf darts all over the room over and over again but seemed very serious about it rather than playful.
Mom was awake for 3 days in a row!!!!! A record breaker!!!
"Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." Isaiah 35:10
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