Mom Update, May 27, 2011, Friday

Mom’s update May 27, 2011

Mom was very alert this morning. I sat her up in the bed and did our usual routine of the calendar and the date. Whoever goes in the morning goes over what day it is, what month and year. I asked her to read the month and she did. I asked her to tell me the day of the week (she read it) and then the day (27). She said 21 for 27 but it was very close. She then made an attempt to grab the marker from my hand. I took out a blank wipe off board and she started to make circles on the board. I wrote Dotty and asked her what her name was and she read Dotty. I asked her what her last name was and then I wrote it on the board. She read Gilman. I wrote Claudia, Anthony and Jean on the right side of the board and then Con, Dotty and John on the other side and hand over hand we matched up the people. I then let her write on the board and she circled John and then Con. After a while I Drew the letter E on the blank board. Mom took the marker and drew a very short vertical line down and then a long horizontal line to the right. It looked like a misshapen “L”. She then traced back over the L and made another horizontal line over the bottom one. She then took the marker and from below the vertical line drew up past both lines and then over to the right. The final product was an E. It was amazing to watch how she attacked writing the one letter! After she wrote the letter she fell asleep. Out cold! Then the monitored started to beep like crazy and the respiratory therapist came in. I was afraid that I had pushed her too hard. He said she was ok. I waited for her to wake up and then I left for work.

Anthony came to see mom next. Mom was awake and alert. Anthony drew with her and she drew a lot of circles. Anthony didn’t want to work on her legs today because she was coughing too much. Anthony told her to throw up if she has to and she coughed so much she threw up. A nurse came in and cleaned her up.

Dad came and spent the end of the day with mom. They sat and watched TV and wrote on the wipe off board. Dad brought mom a newspaper and she looked through it for a long time. They held hands and spent time together. Dad stayed until the night and put mom to bed.

What a great day! “To God be the Glory”!

Peace and Love,

~Claudia