This was a pretty good week, for Mom.
Let's see what she did!
1. She went to the optometrist's office. Her eyes are quite good! Her macular degeneration is at a standstill, and there's no progression since our last visit! Yippeee!
The doctor gave her new eyedrops which should really help her eyes. She told me and the doctor that when she puts the drops in, sometimes they harden, like glass, and nothing seems to penetrate her eyes; she states that it's quite uncomfortable. We aren't quite sure what this means.
2. She won at BINGO! She told me she always wins at BINGO. This week she won some cookies, which she claims she hasn't completely finished off (I can't find any trace of them in her room - you decide!)
3. She had a very rousing game of Scrabble with the RLC in the gazebo. She loves those games! Thank you ladies!
4. She lost her stockings. Yup. She lost them. Couldn't find them. So, the RLC went hunting for them. Wherever could they have gone? Certainly not under the sink next to the refrigerator!? Oh, so that's where they ran off to! Naughty Stockings! (Today I bought her a second pair, so the others can be washed and dried while she's wearing the other pair).
5. Her brother, Peter, phoned. They didn't talk, as Mom wasn't around then. So, she's planning on phoning him back. Tomorrow she's going to see him at Aunt Judy's 75th birthday party. Mom's a little confused about that whole thing, but it doesn't matter.
6. She's feeling rather queasy today. She's just not right. As of this morning, she rose late, ate breakfast when we should have been at church, and then we took a stroll around the grounds to see if the air helped. It did - kind of - sort of.....
She was a funny, as well. As we walked, I inquired as to how she was feeling.
"I'm feeling more better," she quipped.
"More Better?" I restated.
"Yes. That's how my son likes to speak so I figured he would understand."
This was in response to my using the term, 'Gooder' for better...she hates it. And, this also demonstrates that she's paying attention and it's sticking - kind of.
At dinner Sunday evening, she was quiet, and rather intimidated by the b-b-q ribs my brother served. But, she made due. She was very content. She even loved the bowl of chocolate chip mint ice cream afterward.
She was confused, though, thinking we were then going to head to Judy's birthday party. Alas, I had to tell her it wasn't happening for another day. So, I was able to drop her off and 'tuck her in' as it were, until Monday.
Monday, 8/25/14
I picked Mom up around 12:30. We went through her box of cards to see which one she would give her ex-sister-in-law for her birthday. ( Mom and Judy were always buddies) I had to stop her from using 'Sympathy' cards, and on one she determined it would be really good because Judy could add whatever she wanted it to say (It was blank!).
Finally, we found one, she wrote in it (I didn't get a chance to read it), and off we went to Champoeg State Park, about an hour from where Mom lives.
We got there and she was, first, hit by the heat (I kept telling her not to bring that sweater!). Then she saw Judy, and she was happy! Then her brother, Peter, turned around and she was ecstatic!
Later we left as they packed up. Hot and tired, Mom received hugs from her great grand nieces and nephews, as well as the grand ones and the regular ones. The most important, though, were those from Judy and Pete, Sr.
Her mind did do some tricks, though. She wrote in Judy's book something about her grandparents, thinking it was for them. She had also mentioned on the way there that we needed to stop at her parents' house as her Grandmother Beer was having something delivered. But it passed.
Although she's not playing with a very full deck, Mom is doing pretty well. If only we could get her to shed a couple of pounds, and get more exercise....Hmmmmm.
Let's see what she did!
1. She went to the optometrist's office. Her eyes are quite good! Her macular degeneration is at a standstill, and there's no progression since our last visit! Yippeee!
The doctor gave her new eyedrops which should really help her eyes. She told me and the doctor that when she puts the drops in, sometimes they harden, like glass, and nothing seems to penetrate her eyes; she states that it's quite uncomfortable. We aren't quite sure what this means.
2. She won at BINGO! She told me she always wins at BINGO. This week she won some cookies, which she claims she hasn't completely finished off (I can't find any trace of them in her room - you decide!)
3. She had a very rousing game of Scrabble with the RLC in the gazebo. She loves those games! Thank you ladies!
4. She lost her stockings. Yup. She lost them. Couldn't find them. So, the RLC went hunting for them. Wherever could they have gone? Certainly not under the sink next to the refrigerator!? Oh, so that's where they ran off to! Naughty Stockings! (Today I bought her a second pair, so the others can be washed and dried while she's wearing the other pair).
5. Her brother, Peter, phoned. They didn't talk, as Mom wasn't around then. So, she's planning on phoning him back. Tomorrow she's going to see him at Aunt Judy's 75th birthday party. Mom's a little confused about that whole thing, but it doesn't matter.
6. She's feeling rather queasy today. She's just not right. As of this morning, she rose late, ate breakfast when we should have been at church, and then we took a stroll around the grounds to see if the air helped. It did - kind of - sort of.....
"I'm feeling more better," she quipped.
"More Better?" I restated.
"Yes. That's how my son likes to speak so I figured he would understand."
This was in response to my using the term, 'Gooder' for better...she hates it. And, this also demonstrates that she's paying attention and it's sticking - kind of.
At dinner Sunday evening, she was quiet, and rather intimidated by the b-b-q ribs my brother served. But, she made due. She was very content. She even loved the bowl of chocolate chip mint ice cream afterward.
She was confused, though, thinking we were then going to head to Judy's birthday party. Alas, I had to tell her it wasn't happening for another day. So, I was able to drop her off and 'tuck her in' as it were, until Monday.
Monday, 8/25/14
I picked Mom up around 12:30. We went through her box of cards to see which one she would give her ex-sister-in-law for her birthday. ( Mom and Judy were always buddies) I had to stop her from using 'Sympathy' cards, and on one she determined it would be really good because Judy could add whatever she wanted it to say (It was blank!).
Finally, we found one, she wrote in it (I didn't get a chance to read it), and off we went to Champoeg State Park, about an hour from where Mom lives.
We got there and she was, first, hit by the heat (I kept telling her not to bring that sweater!). Then she saw Judy, and she was happy! Then her brother, Peter, turned around and she was ecstatic!
Mom, Big Pete, and Rebecca, Pete's granddaughter
Mom and Judy
Mom and Little Pete
Mom, Big Pete, Rebecca, Jonathan (Pete's grandhildren)
Mom and Bernie (Mom's reacting to someone else...I think it's Big Pete...)
More relatives
and More!
A view to the Willamette River
They visited, and the progeny of my cousins came over to visit with her and myself. It was wonderful. Mom tried 3 different types of cake. She had a bit of soda, and we went for a walk away from the hustle and bustle of the crowd, where she and Peter visited with two of his grandchildren. Later we left as they packed up. Hot and tired, Mom received hugs from her great grand nieces and nephews, as well as the grand ones and the regular ones. The most important, though, were those from Judy and Pete, Sr.
Her mind did do some tricks, though. She wrote in Judy's book something about her grandparents, thinking it was for them. She had also mentioned on the way there that we needed to stop at her parents' house as her Grandmother Beer was having something delivered. But it passed.
Although she's not playing with a very full deck, Mom is doing pretty well. If only we could get her to shed a couple of pounds, and get more exercise....Hmmmmm.
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