January 12, 2010

When I got there today they had her out of the bed and had just finished physical therapy. She knew my name when I walked up and smiled big at me. I took her around in a wheelchair to different areas and to the breeze way to look out the windows. We ate in her room and she ate almost all of her food with zero help and zero bribing :) She and I went back and forth about that darn catheter though. She REFUSED to believe me or the 2 nurses I pulled in there to also explain that she can just go pee pee and the cath would catch it all. Instead she says okay like she will go, repeats again that she really really needs to pee like you never explained anything and continues to hold it to where she is hurting herself. This happens over and over. sigh.
She talked a lot on nonsense today including something about James Darnell? That name ring any bells? The physical therapist said she is doing GREAT and I guess they wore her out again bc for dinner she was complaining of being hungry and how they need to hurry on with the food. This is pretty funny coming from someone who tries to get out of eating usually lol. She said, "Well, I wish Tony and Michael would hurry up and get the food on the table so we can eat". She ate her dinner really well for Johnny and even flirted with him. He told her the bread buns were soft today (bc they were hard as rocks the other day) and she said she knew where else there were soft buns and winked lol. She seems to like this new place and the nurses there. Every nurse I have spoken to has been extremely helpful and friendly as can be. They all seem to like Mom.....how can you not :)