Day 39

I arrived at Windsor about 9am...my mom sitting at the side of her bed taking her medication, the nurse watching her.  Breakfast was on her tray....scrambled eggs that honestly looked a yellow bouncy ball, toast with jelly...my mom said that is was not good and that she couldn't even stomach the eggs as they tasted like paste.  I don't blame her it was so not appetizing.  Interesting that the food is so bad when so many patients need to eat to gather strength.

My mom said that she had slept ok since yesterday was so busy.  She told me that the nurses were yelling at her about keeping the mask on..that it was because of me...she rolled her eyes and was visible pissy about it....I asked her if she would like it better if I didn't care...she just looked at me.  I told her that it will probably not be forever but for now if she doesn't wear it, and she has a choice, then she will have to suffer the consequence....NO we would have to suffer.  I think she gets it...but will she wear it at home?????

Talked with Josephil (discharge coordinator) and she told me that the decision for discharge has not been made yet and that tomorrow would be the big meeting with the therapist, nurses, doctor and Josephil (all the kaiser people) and there would be a plan then.  I asked her about in-home help...she said that my mom would have to qualify for medi-cal, which she doesn't at this time.  Josephil told me that my mom would get therapy at home 2-3x a week and a visiting nurse would see her 1-2x a week.  I am interested to see what exactly my mom can do for herself...it has been a long time since she has been self reliant I know she wants to try but I also know that she is nervous.  I invision having to hire someone for a few hours a day and then piecing it together with myself and friends.  I know that there are resources in The Grove like the Senior Center...so I will be researching those types of things and what they offer.  I can hook my mom up to cyber-grocery shopping at Bel-Air and it can just get delivered....ok realistically I will probably order for her - wink/smile.

I left my mom about 2:30 - she was good and tired as she had 5 visitors all at once.

Ok so I am going to try and go back to work on Wednesday....I appreciate all you visitors as it occupies my mom and keeps her from sleeping all day...thank you all

Some more angels I didn't mention yesterday....Inger, Birgit hope you feel better too, Inga, Kirstin, Lalish and Lilee - you all rock