Friday night recap...

Hello all, here is the continuation of Friday night's post. I visited Mom in the early evening with Dick's cheeseburgers and fries at her request. We had dinner and talked about her day. She mentioned during therapy she got to use one of the computers and that she was allowed to use it but couldn't get there by herself, so I knew that was my cue to take her.

I asked her if we needed to get a nurse to help her up, but she said the two of us could do it together. She talked me through her steps, making sure her walker was in the right spot, the wheelchair was locked, etc. She got up with no problem and no help from me. Within a minute or two we were cruising down the hallway. We had to walk past the nurses station before getting to the room, and that's when her nurse, Larry - stops us and asks if I had been cleared to walk with my mom! Busted!! Ah well. He walked with us the rest of the way.

We checked the blag and she read the comments. She posted her entry, but I could see she was struggling with things to say and was having a little bit of a hard time typing. I think her long fingernails weren't helping much. She really didn't know what to say, hence the short entry, but any type of 'thinking' activity is going to help her regain her brain skills. Next she played a game of Spider Solitaire. Overall, she understood the concept and how to play - but I think the part of her brain which is for thinking a few steps ahead needs some retraining. She could always find her next move, but couldn't really see how moving one card now could be beneficial in a turn or two. But with some slight prompting, she finished the game - but I could see it had worn her out a bit.

Since she is coming home so soon - Dad will start going to her therapy sessions to learn new ways of helping her. I think I will try to visit some also. It's nice to see the way they do things, because they try to keep things consistent to help her remember the right way to do things. For instance, every time she stands up now - she counts to 3. These verbal cues help all of her know what is going on - so it's kind of silly to watch - but they are working - so I am all down with it.

I am heading off to visit her now, looking forward to seeing how her day is going.