My morning started with a phone call at 7:30am from my mom she was calling to say hi and tell me that she was on the Bi-PAP machine. I told her to leave it on and that I was on my way. My mom has not talked to me on the phone since the end of March when she called from Kaiser hospital after the first surgery. I got to the hospital about 8:30 to find my mom asleep and breathing into the machine. She slept for about 1.5 hours before they took her off. She woke up and look fresh and alert and needing to use the toilet. Deborah was there and helped her up. Afterwards we sat her in a chair for breakfast but she was convinced that she had eaten at 4:30 in the morning and there was no convincing her otherwise even the doctor (later) tried to tell her that they do not serve food at that time. Her breathing was very calm and she and I had short conversations about nothing. A while later the nurses assistant came in to give my mom a bath so I went down and got us a coffee. I arrived back at the room as they were finishing her hair wet still. She asked if I could comb her hair and she sipped her vanilla latte. We watched a little tv and she told me what the program line-up would be.
She fell asleep for about an hour in the chair and then lunch came. She ate very little of the main course but did eat a lot of yoghurt. She commented that her breathing was better but that she was still tired. The doctor visited before lunch and she told him that she felt better. It is funny how alert she is sometimes when he gets there....then goes to sleep when he leaves. He did mention that it was getting time to talk about her moving to the nursing home again so that she could get the physical therapy she needs. I am not thrilled with the idea but know that this is the next step. Hopeful all will go well and she will be there for a couple of weeks and then we will see what will happen next.
After lunch (she ate mostly yogurt again) and 2 hours in the chair she wanted to sleep so I went and got a bite to eat. I have to admit that the cafeteria food isn't all that bad. When I came back she was still sleeping. She woke enough for me to tell her that I was going to be going as I had to go and pick up the kids (she asks every morning where they are). We talked about her seeing them and I told her that we would wait until she moved to the next place...."where would that be?" she asked...." I really want to go to my house." I told her I knew that she did and she admitted that she wasn't quite ready for that yet.
I left about 2:45 and Shirley arrived about then (although we did not see each other). Shirley said that it was a good visit and that my mom slept just a little and then talked and watched tv with her. John and Leif showed up about 5'ish. She ate a good dinner - all her meatloaf, milk and yoghurt. Leif said they had a good visit and he left about 7'ish. At 9:45 this evening I called to check on her and the nurse was in her room. The nurse said that she was doing good and my mom told me good night and that she will see me in the morning.
All in all I think this was the best day this round. Tomorrow she gets a new doctor as they rotate out every week - I really do not like this system as one doctor gets to know her and then it is a new doctor. I am sure the topic of discharge will come up tomorrow - ugh!!! Until then....good night all (god nat alle)
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