Hello Everyone! This is the very best way for Johnny and I to keep everyone up how mom is doing. Since there are so many of you that know and love Mom and want frequent updates on how she is doing ...it makes it difficult to make/get a lot of calls especially because we are already living this and have to re-live it every time we make/get phone calls explaining over and over what the situation is. Plus, with Johnny and I having so much on our plate with: full time jobs, keeping up with a toddler before and after work (me), keeping up with the house, bills, animals, constantly going up to visit Mom, talking to Dr.s & insurance companies and trying to get her into a rehabilitation facility...sooo...one update to a blog makes a lot of sense. This way, you guys can log on and find out at your convenience how she is doing and update others unable to use a computer. Thanks for understanding and caring so much about Gaye.
Mom seems to be doing better with her rash, it is drying up. They gave her a swallow test today and she passed...which means she may no longer need a"peg" in her stomach instead of the feeding tube she already has through her nose. She is doing better with self recognition. When I walked in she told me her name was Gaye but didn't know who I was. She said my name was Harold Arrington. She said it was 1978, and when you asked her specific questions that are from her past she would answer correcctly
"who is Terri"?
"My cousin. We used to live together on Sanburn street".
I asked her what her mother, brother and sisters names were separately and she told me all of them.
She is very alert and talking REALLY well...sometimes talking from the moment you get there til the moment you leave and you literally have to interrupt her to ask her a question. She goes on long rambles about people and things that have happened with a lot of nonsense mixed in.
This evening she knew who Amelia, Johnny and I were and seemed to be doing better with overall recognition.
Her progress is kinda hour to hour...at least at this point but we are hopeful and praying.
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