Holding On

Aunt Betty and I visited with Mom on Sunday afternoon. She was doing OK but still in her chair. We had a hard time getting anyone to come and help her to the bathroom so she had to walk with me. She did it, slowly! She is still looking pretty rugged.

We contacted our care manager for Family Care and asked her to go to a plan of care meeting for Mom to address some of our care concerns. She spoke with the day nurse and I got a call right away saying that they would be making some changes. I hope it happens. She deserves to get timely basic personal care.

I asked the nurse to relay to the PT that she had walked a little with me. I guess she turned down PT today. That is a problem. She says she wants things and then when they are offered to her, she often says no. I hope they can find a way to coax her. She will not heal sitting in a chair. She wants to sleep there too rather than in her bed so they are going to try to convince her to get into bed tonight. She can be pretty strongwilled.

No other issues on the table so we just need some time to heal and get stronger.