Another day of progress...

Still trying to get Mom's meds right, but we are not getting much cooperation from the so-called "House Doctor." We have had some battles with him in the past with some of Dad's medication, and now he is causing problems with getting Mom on the right path. Now, I am not professing to know more than him, or to have a medical degree, but it sure would be nice if he would actually come and meet Mom before denying her hormone replacement therapy she has been taking for 30 years...Poor woman is having hot flashes every hour! From what I understand, he is supposed to evaluate her within 72 hours of her admittance...Which he hasn't, and the longer he takes, the longer Mom goes without the meds she has taken for years...Sheesh!

Other than that, she had a really good day. PT came in and got her into a wheelchair, and she and I went and sat outside for awhile, took a couple laps around the nursing home, visited Dad...She really enjoyed getting out of bed for a few hours. It did make her tired though!

She gets her first shower tomorrow, which can't come soon enough for her. She is so looking forward to it. She will also do more PT tomorrow. She was so excited to get into the wheelchair, she didn't really pay attention to HOW to get into the wheelchair. She was also in a lot of pain at the time. However, tomorrow is another day, and I am sure she will eventually realize she needs to be present for PT...Hopefully they can control the pain a little better. They tried to teach her how to maneuver her chair with her left hand and foot..Which resulted in a small circle. Her little slipper was not grippy enough for her to be able to use her good foot to keep the wheelchair going in a straight line. She has a long way to go, but she is certainly motivated.

She is doing well eating, although she spilled her apple juice today, which frustrated her, but she will have moments like that in this road to recovery.

My Aunt and Uncle came to visit and brought Buddy, their (almost) 4 month old Chocolate Lab. He has gotten a lot bigger in the last month! Mom got to see how much he had grown, and tried to show him to Dad, but he didn't really pay too much attention.

Dad has gotten another allergy attack. About 3 or 4 times a year, he gets this crazy allergy issue, where his chest gets all congested. He takes Zyrtec every night as a rule, but sometimes he just gets this awful chest congestion. Before the brain tumor, his doctor would prescribe a short 5 day regimen of Prednisone, and it usually cleared it right up...Well, guess what...The "House Doctor" at Magnolia doesn't really believe in this. We had to fight and fight and fight him some more last summer when Dad had it...And when he finally consented to the medication, Dad got better...Hmmmmm. I wonder if it will be easier this time...We will just have to see.

Anyway, it was just a lovely day, and I got to spend most of it with Mom because I was hoping to meet this "House Doctor," when he was supposed to visit today. Well, he never showed, so I am glad I was there to celebrate in her first day of PT, and to sit and talk with her (and fan her during her hot flashes), for a good part of this beautiful day of sunshine.

Tomorrow is chock full of errands and appointments for me to attend to, so Mom will get her first dose of "doing it on her own" for a good part of the day. I told her I would be there in the evening so I could make sure she would be presentable for her "fanfare." That is what she has started calling all of her visitors. She just charms the pants off of just about anyone who enters the room. The entire staff loves her and she just pours on the kindness and quipy sayings to make everyone laugh. She is just so thankful for the help and happy to be alive. She gets downright mad when one of the other residents is not kind to the staff. She is very protective that way.

And she couldn't be in a better room. The other two ladies are out all day, so when she is in her bed during the day, she is in there alone, and can doze off if she wants. Although, she is beginning to display one of the same habits as my Dad...I think her hearing has improved about 10 times! That woman hears everything! Conversations up and down the hall, car doors in the parking lot...She is all up in any business she can be. She has even memorized how the staff walks so she can identify them as they come into her room. It is crazy! Although she tells me it is because there is nothing else to do. Hopefully, she will begin to enjoy her TV more now that I have gotten her cable turned on.

Anyway, another good day. Looking forward to many more to come!

Much love!