Last week Mom started sitting up more and more, she worked herself up to 2.5 hours over the course of several good attempts on Saturday. She took great care when drying dishes I brought her in a big plastic bowl, and handled the super sharp knives in a good way, putting them in a cup before handing them back to me. She enjoyed Dad's awesome steaks and potatoes, and we spent a lot of time just hanging out.
Monday, Mom enjoyed the day of tv watching all the inauguration festivities. And she caught up on Downton Abbey via pbs.org because she and Dad forgot to watch it Sunday night.
Tuesday, when the speech therapist was at the house, Mom signed her name 3 separate times for the first time since last February. Her handwriting was distinctly her own, shaky, but hers! It was a breakthrough that she and all of us were very proud of.
Wednesday morning, the occupational therapist asked Mom if she brushed her teeth by herself. Mom said sometimes. The OT said why only sometimes, and Mom said because sometimes she was lazy. It took the OT several minutes to stop laughing! We all know Mom hasn't been lazy a day in her life.
Wednesday throughout the day Mom experienced pains indicative of indigestion, and took the normal meds for that. They were not effective.
Wednesday evening, sitting up for dinner, Mom experienced severe sharp chest pains and her blood pressure was high. The home care nurse advised Dad to call 911, which he did, and so Mom is currently in the ER having a bevy of tests run. No diagnosis as of now, but she is being admitted to the hospital and we will know more soon, and will update the blog when we can.
Thanks for your prayers, letters, calls, hugs, pictures (I'll post some good stories with pics one day), and most of all your friendship. It is a great comfort to Mom and to all of us.
2 comments:
I wish we were there, too. :(
Sorry to hear the bad part. Hope the hospital stay is short and Judy gets home soon.
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