Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Walk and Ride Day
Movement for 7/21/08:
- Ambulated under her own steam to the bathroom in the morning. Stood very well during groin washing...even added some extra swish to the "hootchy kootch" part of our stand-up stretch. Ambulated under own steam to dinette for breakfast. Remained at the dinette table through her entire morning as, soon after breakfast the Hospice Social Worker arrived. Sitting at the dinette table always stiffens her up, though, and she was very tired after HSW left, so she opted for wheeling into the bathroom pre-nap and into the bedroom for her nap.
- Surprised the hell out of me by awakening on her own from her nap without me hearing her and walking, under her own steam, all the way into the dinette, greeting me just before she headed toward the back of the table to sit down. I'm glad I guess I was concentrating so much on posting notes about Final Gifts that I simply didn't hear her. Good thing she hailed me when she did. She was almost out of concentrator cord and didn't realize it. The effort wore her out, though. After her breathing treatment she opted to be wheeled into the bathroom and, from there, to be wheeled into the living room using the ramp. Part of her energy difficulty was her coughing...she coughed a lot today, more than usual. Another part of her energy difficulty this evening, I think, was also that she had a shortened sleep last night and a shortened nap. She seemed energized after her nap, having awakened on her own, but the lag in energy followed her through the evening.
- At bedtime, because she was soooo drifty, I insisted on wheeling her into up the ramp and into the bathroom. She transferred well, though, stood well to brush her teeth and insisted on moving, under her own steam, into the bedroom.
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