I’m having a quiet day at home, a day “off.” My-Sister-The-Nurse is visiting with Elegante Mother. I’ll visit with her tomorrow, when I can take the Sunday papers and clean clothes. I have to think of something to take to tempt her to eat at breakfast.
\nElegante Mother continues to improve, but we are a little confused. When we (her family) are with her, she can barely take the three steps to transfer from chair to bed, but both the occupational therapist and the physical therapist have said that EM walks from her bed, through the corridor to therapy and back. I wonder if she is just worn out by the time we see her?!
\nThe nursing home will have a meeting this coming week with MSTN to determine EM’s status. There is some thought that she might progress more rapidly if she were at home. Elegante Mother is refusing most of what she is being served at mealtime. I thought it was a major breakthrough when she ate half her fish at noon yesterday. We’ve been taking her favorite things (that fit within her meal restrictions), when we visit, and her appetite has improved the past two days. Unfortunately, as her appetite has improved, so has her irascibility. Sometimes it’s like dealing with a two-year-old. In her defense, she has been in the nursing home two full weeks, and has hated every minute of it. I’m not surprised, especially now that she is more aware of her surroundings, that she is unhappy, and wants to go home.
\nSo, we are waiting to meet with the nursing home staff to determine what the best plan is for her future care. Of course, I’ll post an update.
\nMeanwhile, I realized that I was never going to get my gardening done. I still had the stretch across the front of the house to clean up, and I’d been obsessing about the trees growing in the twin evergreen pods on the lower southwest lawn. I asked my favorite landscaper to return and give us a bid. We told Dear Husband the bottom line, and he said “DO IT!” So, all the maintenance landscaping has been done with the exception of the herb garden. That’s still my baby. I plan to cover myself with a long-sleeved shirt and mosquito spray and work for an hour early tomorrow morning. I think that hour might make an incredible difference in the garden. Later, I’ll use the string trimmer to get some edging done. What a relief to have the gardens looking so good!
\nI’m going to spend the afternoon with my sewing machine, working on two projects I wish to finish. I am antsy to get one of them off to my machine quilters, so I can get them finished. The other is a baby quilt for my youngest granddaughter, who is already nine months old! Better get cracking, Gramma!
\nDear Husband is off sailing today. Bee met last night and they left me all this wonderful food. I won’t have to cook today, but I’ll have a sumptuous meal this evening! Dear Husband took me out to dinner Thursday night. We tried a new restaurant in the next town over, and had the most pleasant evening together. Both of us ate just half out steak, so I may have steak salad, or a steak sandwich for lunch. Thank God for leftovers! *G*
\nThat’s about all I have to share with you. Remind me on Tuesday to water the houseplants, won’t you? I got them done this morning, and they were really dry. I’d hate to stress them out by creating a drought cycle.
\nI hope you all have a wonderful weekend, filled with pleasure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’m having a quiet day at home, a day “off.” My-Sister-The-Nurse is visiting with Elegante Mother. I’ll visit with her tomorrow, when I can take the Sunday papers and clean clothes. I have to think of something to take to … Continue reading