Please continue to pray for our family as we go through many trials and tribulations. The prayers work and mean so much to us all. Thanks.
When Claudia came to start the day with mom, mom was being put into her wheelchair. Claudia put her hearing aids in and glasses on while her CNA combed her hair. The CNA told Claudia to take mom outside. Claudia tried to take her outside but the head of respiratory has to clear her first. So they didn't go outside but they were able to take mom for a ride through the facility!!!! This is a first!! Mom wasn't upset with not going outside; she said, "Whatever, I'll go outside tomorrow." They brought mom to the facility computer room and looked at mom's e-mail. Mom seemed to like that! Then, they watched Jean on youtube along with some episodes of MASH. Then dad and Claudia asked mom if she wanted to go for a ride and mom said "Sure, help me get up" and then grabbed the desk and tried to get up to walk!!! She can't walk yet though!! She isn't physically able to--but it's great that she wants to do this! Earlier in the day, Claudia tried to do pegs and the pegboard with mom but Claudia said mom wasn't having a cognitively favorable day. Mom didn't know what to do with the pegs at all. She appeared to be confused. When it was time to clean up, she put the pegs in correctly! Claudia took out the canister and the buttons. She asked mom if she wanted to do it and mom said "Yes, I want to." Mom put a few buttons in correctly but then began to knock them off the table (she did that with the pegs earlier too). Mom looked at magazines with Claudia next. At one point, Claudia was doing her schoolwork next to mom with her computer and mom kept grabbing the computer and touching the keys... Claudia finally had to put the computer away. Then Claudia took out index cards and mom grabbed them and said, "I'll help you." So Claudia gave her the cards and asked her to put them in a baggie. Mom kept dropping them on the floor. Finally, Claudia gave her an index card and a pen and mom said, "What do you want me to write?" Then, mom didn't want to write so Claudia told her to put the cards in the baggie and mom said, "No." It was frustrating for both of them!! Mom said she wanted to help, but couldn't and wouldn't help in the appropriate way. The walk in the wheelchair followed which was very rewarding for everyone.
Anthony, Con, Anthony Michael and Sammy saw mom today and they were sooooooo surprised!!! Claudia, Dad and Mom met them in the vestibule of the facility!!! Mom was in her wheelchair in the vestibule for the first time!! They were soooo happy mom was there and mom was thrilled in return --- both to see them and to be there. They all sat there and talked a bit and mom looked at all the people passing, asking who was who... They went back to mom's room then and talked and Anthony did some physical therapy with mom's legs. Mom said "Ow" a few times. They watched TV. Mom took maybe 2 tiny cat naps. Claudia had left by then. They tried to help mom sew on the sewing cards but mom needed a lot of help. Mom was more intent on taking apart the knot rather then lace the card. Many of the nurses came to see her and were happy to see her and mom was happy to see them too! Everyone is so pleased with her progress. Anthony had mom laughing and laughing as usual too!
Dad left for a while and then came back later on with Terry. They sat with mom and talked and watched TV. I am sure Terry probably did games and books on her NOOK too. They enjoy that. When I arrived, mom was just being put into bed and sleeping. I sat with her as she slept, Then I prayed over her, anointed her with oil and left.
"I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
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