Hi everyone,
I started the day with mom and she was out cold! I washed her face and put her hearing aids in and set her up for her day but she would not respond. She is still on the trach collar which means she is off the vent still.
Jean, Ava and Michael (my nephew) came to see mom later in the morning. Mom was up by then and she was happy to see them. When she saw Jean and Ava she smiled but when she saw Michael her eyes widened and she saw "Oh!" THey played catch with her and mom was able to catch and throw the ball. Ava asked her if she remembered how she use to swing on the swing in her yard and sing. Mom said yes. Then Ava asked mom what song she use to sing and mom said, "I don't remember." Ava said, "Do you want me to tell you?" and mom said, "No, I want to think." So Ava said it was from the show Annie and mom said, "The Sun will Come Out Tomorrow." Ava was so excited!!! Ava started to talk about Brooklyn and mom said, "No." She really doesn't want to hear that she is moving. WHen they left they all went up to give mom a kiss and she said to Jean and Ava I Love You and when she kissed Michael she said, "I love you - behave" as she pointed her finger at him. He laughed! Dad came and said mom was still up and they talked and watched a movie.
I wasn't aware that Suzanne and Rita came yesterday (father's day). I heard that mom was happy to see them. Kathy came home form upstate and mom seemed to be annoyed with her for some reason. Kathy tried to touch her hair and mom told her to stop it. Mom said Hi when Kathy walked in. Kathy asked her what she was doing and she said, "Watching Shawshank Redemption with dad." Kathy tried to do the sewing cards with mom and she argued that she didn't want to do them but she then tried to sew 3 cards together and then tried to wind the lace around them to attach the cards. Kathy said to mom, "what are you thinking?" and mom said, "I'm thinking about who's coming tomorrow." The speech therapist came in to feed mom and mom told her, "Just a minute." She also put her hand up to tell the therapist not to give her more juice.
I came by at the end of the day and said to mom, "Who came to see you today?" and she said, "Jean and Ava." I then said, "And Michael..." and she said "Hopper" which is his last name! It is amazing what she remembers. I played the dot game where you connect the dots to form boxes and then you put your initial in the box. She had a hard time isolating a finger to touch the ipad. She seemed interested and when I asked if she wanted to play she said yes.
We were told today that we have to move mom's room. UGH! we just got settled. I knew the private room was too good to be true.
Terry broke her foot tonight, so please pray for a fast and painless recovery.
Peace and Love
~Claud
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