Today was a better day than yesterday....I got there about 1pm and she was lying in bed without oxygen again. Her oxygen numbers were good enough not be on it. Her lunch tray was sitting untouched on her table. I tried to get her up and she said..."I'm cold" so told her to get up and she can sit on the patio and eat her lunch, she got in the wheelchair. I took her to the patio with the help of a CNA. It was warm out there and my mom ate a little...but she drank almost all of her liquid. She was very clear today while I was there. The speech therapist came outside while she was eating and talked to her about keeping her mind busy which would help to keep it a bit clearer. Jen said that she would put together a packet to keep my mom's mind busy and she said that she was writing an order to get my mom to the dining room for lunch each day. WOW my mom agreed to that. Jen thought that the interactions would be important not to mention that she eats and drinks a lot better when she is upright instead of lying in bed.
I decided to try a new strategy in regards to the "mask" and not bring it up....so I didn't BUT my mom did. She was talking to Jen (speech therapist) and she said that she had been told that the best way to keep her mind clear was to wear the Bi-PAP....did I hear that correctly?? Jen confirmed what she was saying (I said nothing) Jen explained how Co2 can be very bad for all systems in your body and using the mask at night would help to keep the good air. I did ask/say that I thought that this mask was only going to be temporary until she builds her strength up again. She already was doing so good without the oxygen tube for a long part of the day. We shall see.
Then it was time for therapy...I decided that this was a good time to run to my moms house to get a couple of things she needed, an iced latte and a croissant warmed up. When I walked in she was walking down the hallway back to her room. She was standing taller than usual, she is usually hunched over...still she had no oxygen on and her number was 98 which is normal for everyone. Wow what was going on? was she going to get to go home without oxygen? Tomorrow we will know if they are discharging her on Thursday...we shall see.
If anyone if available to peek in on her tomorrow morning that would be awesome as I am getting a root canal and probably can not get there anytime before 130pm...thanks all. She just does so much better when she is socially stimulated.
Good night all
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