Life after Death Sentencing

Movement for 7/7/08:

• First Part of the Day: Mom walkered from her bedroom to the bathroom, stood well for lower torso cleaning, again participated in our "stretch, drop shoulders, wiggle hips" routine, and remained standing for back and front cleaning, turning to allow me access, without sitting down between.
• She walkered into the dinette without a problem.
• After breakfast, which was late, considering that she didn't arise until sometime between noon and 1300, I looked at her and could see that she was very tired, much more than she has been in several days. I asked her if she wanted to "repair" to the living room or go down for an early nap. She chose the nap, not at all to my surprise. She looked like she needed and wanted one.
• She was hard to awaken from her nap, which I allowed to last four hours. I could tell, from her lethargy, that she wasn't really into moving much. As I always do, I gave her a choice: Evening being wheeled or evening doing some, if not all, walkering. She chose wheeling. I didn't blame her. We even used the ramp into and out of the foyer, although she performed all transfers well.
• She stayed up ntil almost 0100. Transfers this evening went well. She was ready to go to bed, although she was alert throughout the evening and ate well.

    She wasn't the only one tired today. I was not only tired, for the first day in many days I ached all over. I don't know why. You'd think, by now, I'd be used to all they physical activity her care now requires. I ran a few errands today, though, too, and everyone seemed to be admitting to being tired. It occurred to me that most people were recovering from the holiday weekend. That wasn't my or my mother's excuse, though. I even took an hour's nap after running afternoon errands...which is one of the reasons Mom had such a long nap. She didn't complain. Neither did I.
    Oh well. Mom will be having more and more days like this. I can handle that, I think. I hope I won't be having too many more, though.