Mom pretty much snoozed the day away. She is on no pain medication, altho she could have it if she needed it. After Rex left at 6:30ish, I sang some hymns to mom. Then left at 7 for shift change and ran into Dennis & Theresa. They had to wait an hour since it was shift change, so we just chatted. I had called one of my girlfriends to come spend 8-9 with me in mom's room, as it gets kinda lonely in there alone with mom sleeping.
Well, she had gotten a bath and changed during the shift change and she was pretty alert. She recognized Dennis & Theresa, they stayed just a short time, and then Roberta and I settled in for our 45 minutes. We were just gabbing across the bed as girlfriends do and mom was looking back and forth at us getting totally caught up in the conversation. Roberta noticed mom had her nails polished and she started asking her if she put a clear top coat on them and mom shook her head yes. Then she pulled both her arms up and spread out her fingers so Roberta could see all 10! I about died!!!! That's the most response we had from her all day. She was squeezing our hands to indicate she wanted water. Once she put her arm around my waist and patted me.
I bought a cross necklace in the hospital gift shop yesterday and I was telling mom it will always be a reminder to me of what God did for her at this time. As I bent over to kiss her goodnite, she grabbed the cross and just held on to it and pushed it back and forth on the chain. I asked her if she wanted one and she nodded yes. Tomorrow's purchase!
Nurses say a couple more days for the steroids to lessen the swelling and we'll begin seeing improvement.
Big day tomorrow for Rex & I. We both have appointments. Randy will be with us.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thursday afternoon status
Mom is much less responsive verbally today but that is because her brain is swollen, which is normal. She is on a steroid to bring that down. Just as Ryan said earlier, her left side is not responding as well as her right, but the doctor said that it is not a stroke. He told us at the first appointment to expect weakness on one side and that it would be remediated with therapy. She does move her left arm and hand. I haven't seen a lot of movement with her left leg yet today.
She sleeps most of the time, but when she opens an eye, we talk to her and she recognizes us. We smile and tell her she is doing well, Rex is doing good, and she is OK. She squeezes our hands. Randy thought up asking her to squeeze if she wanted a drink or some sherbet and both times I asked, she squeezed! And she drank and ate!
We're only going in 1 or 2 at a time and really at this point encouraging no visitors unless you just want to pop in for a bit. Let her rest.
It's hard to wait. We are all hanging on to each other. Randy/Anita were here this morning until 4:30 when we get kicked out for 2 hours. Rex was there most of that time. We're both at our homes resting right now.
I was thankful to be there when Dr. Canavati stopped in this morning. He was very encouraging.
I am reading Psalms to mom, it's hard. I cry. I want to sing to her too, but I haven't been able to accomplish pulling myself together enough to do that yet.
She sleeps most of the time, but when she opens an eye, we talk to her and she recognizes us. We smile and tell her she is doing well, Rex is doing good, and she is OK. She squeezes our hands. Randy thought up asking her to squeeze if she wanted a drink or some sherbet and both times I asked, she squeezed! And she drank and ate!
We're only going in 1 or 2 at a time and really at this point encouraging no visitors unless you just want to pop in for a bit. Let her rest.
It's hard to wait. We are all hanging on to each other. Randy/Anita were here this morning until 4:30 when we get kicked out for 2 hours. Rex was there most of that time. We're both at our homes resting right now.
I was thankful to be there when Dr. Canavati stopped in this morning. He was very encouraging.
I am reading Psalms to mom, it's hard. I cry. I want to sing to her too, but I haven't been able to accomplish pulling myself together enough to do that yet.
Our email
Here's our email addresses. They are really hard.
Ronna's email
ronna@juno.com
Ryan's email
Ryan@TheRitenours.com
Best to email me as Ronna doesn't have much time to be at a computer right now. I know it all so feel free to email me. I check it and this blog often. I hate cell phones so that's why I'm not giving out our numbers. Ronna's is going off all the time just from immediate family.
Ryan
Ronna's email
ronna@juno.com
Ryan's email
Ryan@TheRitenours.com
Best to email me as Ronna doesn't have much time to be at a computer right now. I know it all so feel free to email me. I check it and this blog often. I hate cell phones so that's why I'm not giving out our numbers. Ronna's is going off all the time just from immediate family.
Ryan
update
CT scan this morning was good. She has developed a slight deficit on one side. Dr. says it will come back with therapy.
Address for cards, flowers, etc.
Lutheran Hospital
7950 W Jefferson Blvd
MSIC Room 3520
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Home address:
6218 Ruby Circle West
FT. Wayne 46804
Mom has some deficit on one side, however I do not believe that it is a problem. I saw her grab both bars and pull herself up yesterday. Therapy will usually take care of it if it's a problem.
Ronna is there waiting to see the Dr.
7950 W Jefferson Blvd
MSIC Room 3520
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Home address:
6218 Ruby Circle West
FT. Wayne 46804
Mom has some deficit on one side, however I do not believe that it is a problem. I saw her grab both bars and pull herself up yesterday. Therapy will usually take care of it if it's a problem.
Ronna is there waiting to see the Dr.
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