Time for a homecoming....got everyone ready and the car packed. New I had 3 things to do on the way to Elk Grove......thought I could do them all in EG. When I arrived on Laguna Blvd. I realized that I had forgotten one thing...........the frickin medicine at the pharmacy by my house....OH shit!!! Had to turn around and go and get it all. I knew that my mom was going to be wondering where I was as I had told her 11am so I called Windsor and told them what was happening and to tell her I wouldn't be there.
Erika was at moms house when we arrived, she was going to watch my kids while I fetched Lis. Shirley let her car (since it would be easier to get into then my van). I arrived at Windsor about 12 with See's candy in hand to say thank you to the staff. The speech therapist had run off a bunch of papers so my mom could practice her cognition. My mom was sleeping on her bed and asked where I had been - she had been ready and waiting since 9am. After everyone came to give us papers and say good bye we were off.
We started home, it was kind of quiet in the car I think the nerves were setting in on both of us. My mom had said that she was anxious about going home. We wheeled my mom in the wheelchair and she sat right down on her stool. Michael got her some ice water and she just hung out. Shirley popped in and my mom was excited to see her and Ann and Ray came by too. My mom was fading and wanted to lay down so she did about 3pm...I told her that she would get about 1.5 hours to sleep so she could sleep at night. I made dinner and we woke her about 4:50 although she didn't want to get up. She ate pretty good, I would say close to her average before she got sick...she was always a small eater. Soia arrived about 5'ish, ate a little dinner and sat and talked with us.
She took all her pills and was off to bed about 7:45 she brushed her teeth and I helped her get into bed...she wanted to read a little befor the mask got on so I waited until I saw her fade and then I put it on...I decided to try the nose only mask because she wasn't wearing the other one at all and I figured that if she wore it longer then that was better than nothing. She kept it on, mostly, until 11:30 (she had taken it off a few times and I put it back....then I finally just put the oxygen back on and went to sleep...I checked her a couple of times and she still had it in...I found myself listening for her breathing....like having a newborn again. It is now 7:15am and she is still slepping although she has been up to use the restroom.
My mom is a bit confused and unsure of things....if there is chatter she wants to know what it is about. I had told her that she will not be able to be alone for awhile...I am interested to see what happens...she seems off but then it clicks...she seems unaware of the going ons around her but we shall see if that changes. I was really thinking that she was going to need to go into an assisted living place,,,,only time will tell.
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