Claudia, John, Jean and Ava began the day with mom this morning. Claudia made mom a wheat germ omlette which is mom’s favorite. Mom ate all of her breakfast. Claudia did full range of motion exercises with her but she had fallen asleep. Ava brought her Ukulele and sang a mother’s day song. She played while mom ate. John made mom laugh a few times. John, Jean and Ava left and Claudia tried to do some work with mom but she kept falling asleep. When she woke up, she was not interested in doing anything. She played with the material but wouldn’t do what she was supposed to do.
When Lenny and I arrived today, mom was sitting in bed working with Claudia with the tweezers and the pom poms. She looked at us and smiled when we said, “Happy Mother’s Day.” Shortly after that, Anthony, Con, Anthony Michael and Sam arrived. We all chipped in and bought mom a Nintendo Wii for Mothers Day. We read several articles about how some of the games on the Wii are good for people recovering from a stroke or head injury. The aides came and put mom in the wheelchair when lunch came. The nurse was going to give mom another meal in bed, even though she is supposed to be in the chair to eat. Sammy fed mom and then helped her to feed herself. It was mom’s favorite meal--- liver and onions!! (Yuck in my book! But mom loves it!!). Near the beginning of lunch, mom fell fast asleep. Dad came and joined us around then. While mom slept, we went through everything in her room and straightened it out. Getting ready for the summer months when we will have more time to work with her each day! Then we all left except for dad to celebrate Mothers Day with our individual families.
Terry joined dad later in the afternoon. They said that mom slept until dinner. She ate dinner and then she fell asleep again once she was put back in bed. Lenny and I returned for a while and then we took dad to see Water for Elephants---great movie!! (I saw African Cats yesterday too and it was great). Terry tucked mom in for the night later in the evening. Mom slept the whole time. JoAnn is back! She checked on mom later in the night and found her sleeping soundly.
"I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances." Philippians 4:11
OMG! Liver and Onions...the one and only time I ate "liver and onions" was at your house!! You invited me for dinner and even though I "heard" from you that liver wasn't good...I accepted because I had never had "liver and onions". I'll NEVER forget that experience...all the kids faces and everyone looking at me for my reaction! Do you remember it? I hope my facial reaction was "gracious". But,let's just say that I have never eaten and never plan on eating "liver and onions" again. Your mom is "special" because I know very few people who will eat liver. NOT MY THING!! Love to all, Cathy
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