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.
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So awesome to hear such good reports! You're all in our thoughts and prayers.
ReplyDeleteGod is GOOD!