Sunday, August 10, 2008
Mostly a Sleep Day
Movement for 8/8/08:
- When she awoke she had a slight fever. She was so unsteady on her feet that I insisted, over her protests, that she use the chair once she'd made it to her bedroom door. She seemed to revive a bit after her bath but, once again, against her protests, I insisted that I wheel her to the dinette. Once she had settled in the chair she was relieved that I'd decided to insist and told me so. After breakfast, though, she walked around the breakfast table to the steps, took the steps and, with a little difficulty, walkered to her rocking chair. She tried to walker to the foyer steps on her way in for her nap but faltered as she was reaching for the walker after standing from her rocker. Once again, I brought the wheel chair around for use. She did, indeed, take the steps on her own, at her insistence, but was, once again, relieved that I was there with the chair to wheel her to the bathroom and to bed. She handled transfers well.
- This evening was a completely different story. She walked with environmental support and walkered as usual; no chair use. I'd given her two acetaminophen throughout the day; one at breakfast and one at dinner. During her evening she no longer complained of stiffness. I asked her, after she arose from her rocker to head for bed, if she was feeling stiff and she told me she wasn't. She did, however, today, spend more time napping than usual (three hours) and went to bed early, considering when she awoke.
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