I actually got to talk to mom tonight. The phone rang about 6:30 pm. It was dad's cell phone, so I just figured it was him....it was mom! It was great to hear her voice. Mom asked why I haven't called. And I told her that dad told me the last 2 days, not to. I didn't say anything about dad telling me that I didn't need to come up. I wasn't about to stir up trouble.
Mom sounded very good. She had sat in a chair for 6 hrs today. And when I was on the phone, mom was sitting on the edge of the bed. By the time we were about to get off, the nurse had come in w/her medicine for the thrush. It's a swish & swallow medicine. Mom says she has several sores in her mouth. Which I think that is from the shaking she had, which contributed to her biting the inside of her mouth & tongue. Which by the way, mom says the shaking has stopped.
Mom was in a very uppy mood tonight. It was a very good conversation, talking like her old self! Mom kind-of thinks she might go home tomorrow. That's the feeling she was getting & hearing when 2 of her doctors came in today. I told her that as soon as she got home , we would be there!!!
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Hi Jenny,
ReplyDeleteI was at the hospital today and there was a world of difference in today and Friday night when I was there. As your Uncle Rudy said = she was awake and talking much more like herself. She was supposed to get an injection of iron this evening and again tomorrow before she goes home. It seems she is anemic. But I told her sometimes iron can make you constipated so she needs to make sure she doesn't get that way again.
I also told her when she gets home she is going to have to make an extra effort to get up and get moving around the house or she will slip back into the same situation she was in. We have got to encourage her to do the things she can do. I know there are many things she can't do anymore but we/she need to focus on the things she can do.
Also, they think the damage to her kidneys is from one of the medicines she was taking for arthritis pain.
I think it was probably good you did not come up. It would have been hard on the boys and consequently hard on you and your dad trying to keep them entertained. It will be much better to come to the house to visit her - you and your mom can visit and the boys can play with their toys.
However, they are predicting more snow the next two days so you need to keep that in mind.
It's getting late so I better quit - take care of yourself, I love you.