Lenny and I spent the morning with mom today. She was fast asleep when we arrived. For the most part, we just let her sleep. She is on antibiotics for the urinary tract infection so this can make a person tired. She needs to rest well during this part of her recovery from the infection. We gently tried to wake her by putting her hearing aids in…and talking and singing to her but she grinned a bit and continued to sleep.
Dad stayed with mom last night until almost 10 p.m. (I wish he’d stay at my house on nights like this…I am only 10 minutes away compared to the 50-55 minutes he has to drive to get home—but he won’t do it). Dad said that mom was “loopy” again on and off…agitated and restless. She kept skooching her body down to the bottom of the bed and using her legs to do it and she also kept swinging her legs off the bed as well—all in an attempt to get up and off the bed. She finally settled down and went to sleep around 9:45p.m.
We all went to a memorial service this morning at 11 and then Anthony, Con, Anthony Michael, Sam, Rie, Phil, Michael, Gina and Phil’s parents and dad all went to visit mom. She was asleep when they first arrived but Sammy woke mom and she was pleasant and awake. They all moved down to the lounge (the AC isn’t working well there…yuck!) and talked. Phil said mom was chatting a lot with everyone. She knew everyone’s names though it took her a while to remember Phil’s name. I arrived and joined them all. Mom’s 2 CNAs from downstairs came to visit mom and she was so surprised and happy to see them. They boosted her in the wheelchair and also told us to be sure to request a special cream for her face (eczema). We all talked and mom listened and often tried to enter into the various conversations with us. After a while, mom fell asleep and took a nap. When mom woke, she was bright and cheerful. Most of the company left and mom said to them to come any time. Anthony worked on mom’s legs and mom pushed down a lot with her right leg and just a bit with her left—from the knee and from the ankle (bend knee and hold bottom of foot and mom pushes leg downward—bend ankle up and hold bottom of foot and mom pushes foot downward). We also had mom lift her arms way up over her head and back down again. Next, Anthony held mom’s hands and they ‘rowed’ back and forth pushing and pulling from the trunk/abdomen. We all sang “Row, row, row your boat “ as mom did this and she smiled and sang with us. We went back to mom’s room and mom was put into bed and changed. Her new CNA seems very nice and kind. The CNA has been practicing with mom to get mom to dress herself. Mom was able to put about 1/3 of her shirt on alone!! The aide started mom by putting mom’s hand and arm through the arm of the shirt and then mom finished putting the shirt over her head and on. While we were all in the lounge, mom had been trying to tell us something but she couldn’t speak loud enough so Anthony Michael yelled, “Hey you guys!! Nonny is trying to say something and no one is listening” to which Anthony started to tell Anthony Michael not to yell—but mom looked at Anthony Michael and said, “Thank you Anthony!” We all laughed and then we asked mom what she wanted to say and she said, “Oh, I forget!” We all laughed again!
Dad, Terry and I did a crossword puzzle with mom next:
Clue: Health resorts Mom: Spas
Clue: Actress Turner Mom: Lana
Clue: Singer Baker Mom: Anita
Clue: Noah’s handiwork Mom: Ark
Clue: Cry out loud Mom: Sob
These were done without any clues. Mom frequently asked if there was a clue though, and many times, there wasn’t one yet. Then mom fell asleep. She woke quickly and asked for another clue.
Clue: Wee Mom: Little
Clue: Jeweled crown Mom: Tiara
Clue: Snake charmer’s snake Mom: Cobra
Clue: Poe’s middle name Mom: Allen
Clue: Orange covers Mom: Peels
Clue: Choir accompaniment Mom: Organ
Clue: Funicello’s Costar…Frankie… Mom: Avalon
Clue: Beach shoe Mom: Sandal
Claudia and Ava came next and gave mom and dad their anniversary present from Claudia’s family and Terry---Nintendo Wii Cooking Mama World Kitchen. This is a Nintendo Wii game that mimics cooking on the TV---you move the utensils in answer to a direction and it actually happens on the TV.
Just before dad and I left mom started to get anxious. Claudia and Ava stayed with mom and tried to calm her down after we left. They played calm music and Ava wrote names on the wipe off board and asked mom who each person was and who they were related to. Then mom had a bowel issue again and tried to take her catheter out. Claudia had to wrestle it out of her hand. She was very unsettled. They calmed her down and shut the lights. They put the posey’s in her hands and turned the TV on. The watched a movie. Mom was very calm at that point.
Peace and love,
Kathy and Claudia
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