Day 49

Today I met with the social service coordinator at Kaiser to discuss options in case my mom has a hard time being home.  I needed to know what would happen if she couldn't be home alone.  After yesterday at Windsor I really felt overwhelmed with the care they said my mom would need BUT I realized that they only know my mom there and that they haven't seen her at home, in her own stuff.  I think that within a few weeks we will see a change in my mom and that time will tell what will happen next...at this point it is one day at a time.

I got to Windsor about 10 and my mom was working with Jen (speech and cognitive therapist) my mom lifted her head from her paper and said hi and then went back to her paper.  The paper was a list of questions that my mom had to think about and answer like "what is the name of you dr.?" and "what do you do first when you wake up in the morning?"  I noticed that her writing had changed again and she was having a hard time.  That is probably why I have not seen her doing and crossword puzzles lately.  Jen said that my mom has a hard time asking for things so she really wants my mom to talk to people and say what she needs.

There were a lot of student nurses there today and their instructor.  One student nurse came in to give my mom her meds....she was so nervous that she was shaking....my mom touched her hand and told her not to be nervous....and then proceeded to "instruct" her own how to get someone to take their meds....it was funny.  The student relaxed and thanked us for letting her help....my mom again told her that she had done a good job.  It was cute.  After Jen left she asked me to play a card game with my mom where she had to sequence the pictures....she did them fine.

About 11 I left to go to my moms house for the oxygen training.....Shirley and Marcelita were there too so we could have more than one set of ears hearing this.  Seems easy enough...we shall see.

Now it is on to finding a right person to hang out with my mom during the day....right now she is not to be alone..I will be there this weekend with my kids....an adventure for sure at least the noise of the kids will insure that my mom won't be sleeping during the day...hey thats one way to keep her up

I will let you know how it all goes....wish me luck