When Claudia arrived to start the day with mom this morning, she said, “Hey! Good Morning, Morning Glory” and mom mouthed, “Morning.” Claudia did the “All About Me” book with mom today. She kept the page open and in front of mom for a long while in order to catch her attention. Mom seemed to be reading judging her eye movement and she also mumbled with her mouth while looking at the pages. Then she did mom's range of motion/physical therapy and then they spent the next half hour watching, "The Electric Company" (a 60s or 70s children's show about literacy concepts). They did the IPAD with the VERBS and then Claudia did the orange accordion tube with mom. Claudia held the tube closed and gathered and then she would have mom squeeze the end of the tube while Claudia pulled the tube open. They did this to the “Night in Vienna” waltz music and she also had mom wave the tube back and forth to the music with help. Claudia did the blue tube with mom where mom holds the tube in the center and Claudia holds both ends and we pull the tube upward while mom holds on to raise her arms up and down. Then Claudia did the “Sounds Outside” and Claudia said, “That’s a bird” and mom said, “I know.” At one point, Claudia asked mom, “What’s the matter?” and Mom said, “Nothing.” Then Claudia played the sound of the boat motor and showed her the picture, and mom said, “That one…” but Claudia couldn’t understand what she said. Mom repeated it over and over. Claudia asked mom to choose whether she wanted to watch on TV using picture cues---Food Network or BABE but mom couldn’t make the choice --- all she could do was to look at whatever was on the right, not what was on the left. Claudia moved mom’s chair very close to the TV and put headphones on mom and she really watched the movie, BABE. Mom watched the entire movie and very rarely did her eyes leave the screen. Maureen, Flo, and Flo came to see mom next and Claudia said, “Say Hello” and mom said, “Lo” and they all heard it. Then Claudia wrote their names one at a time on the white board and put the board next to the person and said their name. Then the CNA moved mom back to bed. I arrived just as mom was done being moved into bed and Claudia told me of the day’s events. I said hello to mom but she was glazed over---sleepy. An hour after my arrival, she was out like a light. I sat with her while she slept and then I left and came back later to tuck her in and pray.
Just as a reminder: Lenny’s surgery for the possible cyst in his jaw bone is on Tuesday at 7:15 a.m. so please remember him in prayer…that all goes well and no nerve damage is done. Thanks so much.
“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.” Hebrews 10:36
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