Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Well Recollected
Movement for 7/15/08:
- The entire day consisted of very little independent movement and lots of wheeling. Yes, company is still here. I thought company would be a spur to independent movement but today confirmed what yesterday suggested: Company provides just enough distraction so that she can't trust herself to move with ease because she has to concentrate to move smoothly on her own two feet. As well, again, each period of being up stretched the limits of her physical endurance...and yet, just as she tells me she was as a child, she didn't want to nap, even though she could barely hold herself up in her chair, and she was only vaguely sure she wanted to go to bed, even though she was crumpled over one arm of her rocker in order to keep herself propped up. She is the original party girl! I didn't fight her proclivity to be wheeled today (nor did I yesterday...I just gave her choices, yesterday...today I realized it wasn't necessary to give her choices). Company will be here until Thursday. We'll see how she does, tomorrow, but I suspect it will be Party Girl Central here, again, and The Queen will mobilize on her throne. Which is fine with me.