Monday, August 11, 2008
No Cold But Something Else
Movement for 8/11/08:
- So far, during the first part of her day, we've used the wheel chair exclusively because of some intestinal pressure and a very early (around 0930) complaint of nausea. She stayed up, though until about 1330; then, after a fairly decent breakfast, went to bed. Weaker than usual, though. We'll see how the rest of the day works out.
- The second half of Mom's day was pretty much a repeat of the first half, except just before bed. Once in the bathroom and readied for bed, she felt that she could easily stand at the sink to brush her teeth, and did well. Then, she walked with environmental and my assist to the bedroom, as usual. Because she had not been feeling well most of the day, typically, when she moved in transfer she was severely bent over. When she started to bend over on her way from the sink to her bedroom, I directed her through her "morning stretch" twice, and this took care of the bending over, despite the obvious effects of being very tired. As a result of the obvious beneficent effects of the two stretches, I think that much of her observed difficulty walking was because she hadn't walked much throughout the day.
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