Mom’s day began with a visit from Claudia. Claudia did her full range of motion/physical therapy exercises and then mom was taken for a shower. Claudia brought mom’s glasses to be fixed and returned to find mom happily sitting in bed with a peaceful look on her face. Mom lifted her arms again a lot today and made it all the way to her nose!!! Yipppeeee!!! They chatted a bit and Claudia set mom up with the bed tray, magazine, and closed captioned TV. Dad came to see mom next. Dad said he had a sad day today…he felt weepy about mom. Mom and he chatted, watched TV, did physical therapy/range of motion exercises and held hands. Mom lifted her arms a lot again with dad too. This evening, JoAnn, Donna, Tom (cousins) and I all visited with mom. I just stroked her hair and loved on her the whole time. I felt like I hadn’t seen her in forever. She tracked us all, but mostly me. She watched me the whole time. Tom told mom jokes and Donna worked on reading mom the “All About Me” book and she also did the color and shape flashcards. Tom tried to teach mom to communicate by closing and opening her eyes. They said that mom appeared to be trying to do this. When I came back to tuck mom into bed for the night at 9:30 p.m., she was still awake!!! She had been awake ALL DAY! It appears that mom becomes more awake and alert with each passing day. I can’t wait until she gets back to where she was before the incident. Mom and I snuggled and prayed and I took out her hearing aids, took off her glasses, dimmed the lights and kissed her good night. Mom looked so serene…she has a serene and peaceful look about her now, and when I take out the anointing oil to pray, she closes her eyes and lifts her head up in anticipation. I love her so much.
"Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres...: 1 Corinthians 13:7
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