January 15, 2010

Mom was already eating lunch when I arrived today....dessert first :) She ate really well! The nurse said she had been a little more agitated today than most. She was able to have somewhat of a conversation with me but still adding a lot of 'in the past talk' and a lot of random nonsense. She spoke of paper dolls and Jerry Lewis. :)

She knew who I was and got closer to my age today which was great....she said I was 28 (I wish! lol). Oh, and she was keeping her left eye open more and more today whereas before it stayed closed unless we were trying to get her to exercise it.

This afternoon, Amelia and I got there not even 10 minutes before Johnny so Amelia was able to see both MiMI and Grandpa. :) After a few minutes of crankiness Mom seemed to perk up after Johnny got her in her wheelchair and she saw/heard Amelia saying "MiMi". She even did a little dance in her seat like she used to. She plain as day said, "she reminds me so much of you when you were younger". This shocked me bc it came out of the blue and on the heels of random talk. It was so clear. and when I was leaving she said, "thank you baby, I love you". It made my day.

Johnny said the evening went really well and she had NO complaining of having to pee/catheter talk (which is usually a constant thing). She kept her eye open more than closed during his visit and was able to have a decent conversation with her. After her dinner....she was calm, tired and then out.

Although she has her crankiness and ramblings....she is doing better. As we said before, it will take time and that is okay. We are all rooting for you Pamela Gaye! We love you!