Claudia began the day with mom this morning. Mom was wide awake and Claudia sang, 'Good Morning to You" to mom and said, "Good Morning, morning glory" and mom smiled and was happy and in a great mood. Claudia tried to do the Sounds Around the Home CD with mom but the CD player is broken so they just looked at the pictures and labeled them but mom fell asleep. She quickly woke up and was awake the whole time. Mom grabbed Claudia's shirt and when Claudia asked mom if she liked Claudia's shirt, mom said yes. Claudia told mom she has to buy the same shirt for Aunt Sophie now. Mom looked confused so Claudia told her all about how Aunt Sophie loves the clothes Claudia and I wear and insists we buy her the same clothes. Claudia said, "That's what we always wanted, was to look like a 93 year old lady!!! and then Kathy and I will wear the same clothes as Aunt Sophie!" Mom laughed hysterically through all this!! They played with some letter blocks I bought for mom. They made words with the blocks. Mom kept saying, "I don't know" when Claudia would ask her to read the word. Claudia assured her that she knew how to read them. If Claudia pushed mom enough, she read them. Claudia then adapted the activity to make a game format where Claudia would name a person, ask a question about the person (a silly question) and then put a word together that answered the question. After mom gave one silly answer, she repeated it for every answer (very childlike). They laughed and laughed!!! Then, they read the vocabulary book that Flo and Maureen gave her for Christmas. Claudia left mom with a half-completed crossword puzzle on the desk on the bed figuring that mom could read it and possibly solve some of it in her head.
Anthony came to see mom next and reported that she was awake, alert, and very happy. She had just finished her shower. Anthony worked on her legs and mom did great with right leg and pushed hard against his hand, and somewhat well on the left leg. She was in her wheelchair and he sat next to her on bed and she stroked his hair and arm. They talked and laughed a lot. The facility doctor came in to see her and asked why she wasn't in North Shore yet. He didn't know she has a cough. Anthony said she didn't cough the entire 2 hours of his visit!!
Dad came next to see mom. Dad said that mom was awake and alert and talkative with him too. By the time I arrived, mom was asleep. Dad and I sat on either side of her and held her hands as she slept and we watched Oprah’s last show. Mom woke up a few times briefly and smiled at me and then went back to sleep. After mom was put back into bed, she woke up and was very alert. She kissed me over and over and gave me a huge hug. She seems better than I have seen her in a long time. We did the IPAD and mom used the stylus to draw on the DRAWING PAD app. She hardly did any coughing today!! God is good---all the prayers must be working.
When Claudia arrived tonight to be with mom she was asleep at first. When mom woke, Claudia showed mom all the graduation pictures and talked to mom the whole time naming people…mom listened and was focused but didn’t talk. Claudia then did the IPAD with mom but Claudia did all the programs and mom watched and didn’t participate. Mom fell asleep then and looked really exhausted. Claudia prepared her for bed and tucked her in.
This is a quote about the meaning of the word Pentecost from Sister Mary Ann that I would like to share: "There's a definition of Paraclete that I am reminded about as I read our description of sitting beside your Mom in these days. The meaning of Paraclete is "one who consoles or comforts, one who encourages or uplifts; hence refreshes, and/or who intercedes on our behalf as an advocate in court. It's been said that another meaning is 'to sit at one's side'..."
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