Mon - Tue - Wed 7/11, 7/12, 7/13/22

 Today is Wednesday and the days fly by. 

On Monday moms bed felt wet where she sits on it, so I changed the bed while Hannah took mom into the bathroom and changed her pants.  We looked at one of her photo books together.  I couldn’t find her roku remote, so Hannah helped me with her phone.  I asked mom if she’d like Dr. Quinn and she said yes.  

On Tuesday, she was in her wheelchair in the dining room when I arrived.  Her head was in her hands.  I said mom how are you feeling?  She said “terrible”.  She’s never said that since she’s been there.  I sat down next to her and asked her why she felt terrible.  She said because they won’t let me go to my room.  I said I wonder why they said that, not expecting an answer.  But she said because I have to pee so much.  I hid my smile. I told her that they are very concerned about her falling again.  They are just trying to take good care of her.  She said yes.  I told her none of us want her to get hurt when she falls, plus it must be frightening for her.  She said yes.  So then I said, would you like to go outside?  She said yes.  So… out we went and we weren’t out there long and she said “this is delightful”. That was so nice to hear.  After a while she said she was tired and wanted to go to her room.  So we went back in.  Hannah helped me put Dr Quinn on for her, and she laid down to go to sleep.  Her roku remote is still missing.  

Today, Heather let me in and told me that her PT had just left.  When I got to her room, she was in her bathroom with Hannah. When she came out and saw me, I said how about going outside again.  She said yes.  So Hannah said let’s put her foot rests on.  I asked her to show me how they go on, and then come off.  Looks easy enough 🤷🏼‍♀️.  So out we went for another nice walk.  We stopped a few times because she wanted to hold molly.  I asked her if her PT went good.  She said yes, and that she knew him and remembered him from before.  And that she liked him.  She threw me because she articulated herself pretty well.  I smiled with gratefulness.  We walked around until she asked me to take her back because she was tired.  Before going in I said let’s just sit here for a bit.  She said yes.  So i pointed out the beautiful view and then after a few minutes she said she wanted to go in.  So back to her room, and I was able to get the foot rests off (yay) and she got into bed.  She had been rubbing her knee while outside, and I asked her if it hurt and she said yes.  So I told her I was going to go ask if she could get Tylenol or Advil.  Hannah went to check and Heather told me that she wasn’t surprised because she’d walked quite a bit with her PT.  Hannah came back with the med for her and got Dr. Quinn on - mom had asked for the Medicine Woman.  Still no roku remote.  When I kissed her goodbye, she about killed me - she asked “do you promise that you’ll come back?”  I said of course.