Lenny began the day with his “Nonny” this morning. He said she was sound asleep so he woke her and put her glasses on and hearing aids in. He did her full physical therapy/range of motion exercises and she remained awake but very quiet. He said she wouldn’t talk to him at all. When he finished, he asked her if she wanted to read or watch TV because he had homework to do. She wouldn’t answer but was looking at the TV so he put the TV on and sat by her side doing his homework. He said that, when he looked up at her, she was out like a light again and stayed that way until he left.
Anthony and Samantha came to see mom next. Sammy wrote that mom was in the shower when they arrived. Sam told mom to stick out her tongue (part of her speech exercises) and mom did it. Sammy wrote that mom said a few words but they couldn’t understand what she was saying. Anthony and dad bought a leprechaun hat with an attached beard over the weekend. Dad put it on last night when we were here and mom laughed. Anthony and Sam took it out again and after a while, mom said, “Leprechaun.” Anthony worked on her legs and mom moved her feet a lot. She told Anthony that her left leg is harder to lift so they told her, “We have to work harder and you will get it. We will all help you.” Sammy wrote that Anthony told her not to get discouraged and to believe in herself. Mom fell asleep then woke up and Sam read to her. Mom fell asleep again.
Dad came next to see mom. He said that the speech therapist came to see her and gave her a cup of cranberry juice and pears and peaches and ate them like there was no tomorrow! She talked to dad. Dad asked her if the pears tasted good and mom mouthed, “Yeah” and shook her head. The respiratory people came in and took her oxygen levels and said they were great. Dad tried to play with the buttons and the container but he said mom only picked some of the buttons up but wouldn’t put them into the container. He tried to work with her legs again but mom was very tired and wasn’t concentrating. She fell asleep.
When I arrived to see mom, she was asleep. Dad said she had just fallen asleep. The CNA came to put mom to bed and when we came back in the room, she was awake. Dad and I did her full physical therapy/range of motion exercises. Then we put each of mom’s legs on the 10 inch ball and had her try to lift her leg while chanting, “Lift my leg” over and over. She moved her feet a lot and her ankles as well on both sides but didn’t manage to lift her legs. She was concentrating very hard because you could see it on her face---she scrunched up her face and turned red as she tried to concentrate on moving her legs. Then dad and I talked to mom and told her again what happened to her and how good she is doing now. We also told her to keep trying to work hard because it would help her come home. I tried to work on the IPAD with mom next, but that didn’t work well. She wouldn’t try to imitate the oral motor exercises. I left for work and dad and mom watched TV.
Con, Anthony Michael, and Aunt Sophie joined dad visiting mom after dinner. Con said that mom had that squinty-eyed, painful looking face again so they asked the nurse to see her. She was given Tylenol and seemed better shortly after that. Con said that, after much asking and prodding, mom finally mouthed, "Yes" to the question, "Does your stomach hurt?" She fell asleep shortly after that. Mom's 3-11 CNA said that mom has been sleeping at night or at least until 11:00 p.m. these last few days. The infection (UTI) she had really set her back again....
"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Matthew 6:27
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