Thursday, July 10, 2008
Another Lethargic Day
Movement for 7/9/08:
- She was harder to rouse, this morning, than she has been. Opted to take the chair to the bathroom, then to the dinette for breakfast. Transferred well, although slowly. Had to be reminded to straighten her knees and use her feet to turn her ass toward where ever she was about to sit. Didn't always do this. Today was also the first day in a long time that I've had to remind her to distribute her weight equally between her left and right legs when standing. When we went through the "stretch, drop shoulders, wiggle hips" routine during bathing she did each only half-heartedly.
- Stayed at the dinette table until she was ready to nap about four and a half hours after arising. Chose to be wheeled into the bathroom then into her bedroom. Transfers slow but somewhat more adequate than this morning.
- After awakening from her nap, decided to walk with the aid of the house and its furniture into the bathroom. This was tiring for her, though, and she opted to be wheeled from the bathroom to the foyer banister. She descended the stairs, though, on foot, insisted on it, then I wheeled her to her rocker.
- At bedtime she decided to walker to the foyer banister. I was surprised and pleased, too, because by that time I was very tired and wasn't looking forward to the whole wheel chair thing. Once she'd ascended the stairs she decided to be wheeled into the bathroom and into bed. Was pretty lackadaisical in transfers; I had to pull her away from sitting on the arm of the wheel chair when she was transferring to bed.
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