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.
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