Dad and I visited with mom this morning at the 11:00 visiting time. Yesterday, I forgot to write that mom was drooling occasionally--which is something she doesn't do. I tend to think it was because she is so tired. On Wednesday, she had been biting or chewing on her tongue at one point, but she isn't doing this now. Mom was back on the vent at number 12 again since her hospital stay. The respiratory therapist at the facility told John and I that she'd be back on the "fast track" once she returned from the hospital to get her back on just the trach collar. Sister Suzanne came back too! When I first arrived, dad was there with mom all ready and it looked like he was praying over her and anointing her with oil on her forehead. The 3 of us chatted to and around mom. Mom was still asleep. She had just come back from a CAT Scan. We have no results of that yet. As we chatted, it appeared to me that mom very, very subtly was trying to mouth something several times...but very slightly. When we touched her feet or leg, she responded to the touch by jumping. Her facial expression changed a bit too at times. If you weren't looking carefully, you wouldn't see any of this. After Suzanne left, dad stood on one side of mom and I stood on the other and we were both stroking her shoulders and talking to her. Dad said, "Dee Dee, my girl, please open your eyes now and look at me" and mom did. It was hard to tell if she was able to see dad or not, but her head turned to dad's voice and her eyes were facing him. They didn't have a blank, "nobody's home" look, but they also seemed not to be able to focus as well.
At 4:00 p.m. our entire family gathered at the hospital to visit mom-2 by 2--Aunt Sophie came with us too. Mom was the same. Sleepy but did open her eyes for a few seconds when we asked her to. When Lenny and Jean were with mom, they asked her to wiggle her feet and she did it about 50% of the time.
When the afternoon visiting time ended, we all went across the street from the hospital to the diner. They have a private room there and we reserved it. Dad kept it together but he also kept beginning to cry on and off throughout the night. We all exchanged gifts there and then we went back to visit mom after dinner. Aunt Sophie went home after dinner with Jean, Ava and John.
I wrote something for each member of the family and had T shirts made for us that say, "Don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens." The waitress took a picture of us so I am enclosing it here.
Peace and Be Well,
Kathy
"For he shall give his angels charge over thee" Psalm 91:11
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