Life after Death Sentencing: Two Tone Day

Two Tone Day

Movement for 8/7/08:

Mom awoke with a bit of a kink on the outside of her left foot. I "examined" her and asked her several questions about it. It sounded to me as though she might have a bit of a cramp due to the way she sat up out of bed. We did a couple of things to try to ease it:
- I massaged it;
- I had her straighten her leg, as I believed it was probably being generated from her knee or her hip;
- I had her lay back down, get into her usual just-before-rising position, then rise up again.
All these eased it a bit but, just to make sure she didn't fall, I insisted (and, believe me, I had to insist), that we use the wheel chair to the bathroom. By the time we finished her bathing, though, the cramp was gone, she'd forgotten about it and she walked out to the dinette using environmental support...and singing!
Although she awoke from her nap on her own she was pretty foggy. Once again, I suggested the wheel chair. This time I didn't have to insist. We used it out to the rocker and she clearly was a bit iffy in transfers. By the time our evening ended, though, she was spritely, moving well and made it back to bed using the walker, taking the steps and using environmental support to the bathroom.

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