Home Sweet (nursing) Home!

Well, as of about 4:00 pm today, Dorothy is the newest resident of Magnolia. She couldn't have been happier. She was so happy to see all her old friends and so relieved to be out of the hospital.

We haven't told Dad as I wanted her to get settled and checked and organized, and she was exhausted just from the transport. I am thinking that I may bring Dad into her room after his Dr. appointment tomorrow as he will already be in a wheelchair. I think if I explain that Mom has been sick, but she is getting better and she is there to get stronger, and then he sees her, maybe it might be ok. There is just no way to tell. I will probably change my mind 4 times before tomorrow actually comes.:) I think it can't wait too long because she is in the next room and it is only a matter of time before someone says something to him about her.

Mom was telling everyone how happy she was to be there and how comfortable she felt. She told the nurse that she was so scared in the hospital and that she is so relieved to be at Magnolia. They are having a little trouble getting her medications ordered, but my Aunt got them to at least give her some pain medication in the interim.

I just called down there to see how she was, and they said she had been dozing off and on, and that they will give her more pain meds as needed until they receive the official approved medication order.

I am feeling so much better that she is at Magnolia as well. This is the start of another battle for Dorth, and a big one at that. But she has cultivated so many friendships with the staff there over the past 6 months that there isn't a one there that is not ready to encourage her and do what it takes to keep her spirits up and keep her motivated.

I hope she gets a peaceful, quiet, uninterrupted night of sleep. You know in the hospital they wake you to move you, poke you, squeeze you, take your vitals...Who could get a good nights sleep with all that? Mom's roommates supposedly sleep through the night, and they are two ladies that get up in their wheelchairs and roll around most of the day. It is a good place for Mom. She is in the room just before Dad's as you walk toward his room, and she is in the bed farthest from the door, near the sliding glass door. The room is a little bigger than Dad's and it is nice that they are close, but not right in the same room. It will hopefully give them both some incentive to want to get up and out of bed to see the other one. Dorth is ready to run, and that should be a good motivation. I am not sure when they will start the PT, but I bet it is soon.

So, I usually don't blog on Friday and Saturday nights because I know a lot of people don't read over the weekend, but I try to have a fresh entry for everyone on Monday morning. I anticipate it will be a good, tiring, eventful, emotional weekend, so I will give you all the lowdown on Sunday night!

Have a great, safe, happy, fun, sunny, enjoyable weekend!

Much love to all!