Saturday, September 27, 2008
Restless Night, Somewhat Challenging Day
Movement for 9/27/08:
- Although she awoke "on time" at 1300, which I didn't expect, she was clearly hung over from a restless night. I asked her, as I'd vowed to do, if she wanted to try walking to the bathroom, but she didn't, thank the gods. I'm not sure how I would have responded if she'd said, "Yes." Transfers have been harder than yesterday but not nearly as hard as they were pre-Levaquin. Mostly, I think, she's just been tired; last night was a hard night. She was awake longer than I expected, though: Until 1730, which was when she actually sat on the bed pre-nap. She was involved in a TCM showing of Close Encounters of a Third Kind, though, a movie which always fascinates her. Despite the fact that she looked like she could use a nap about an hour before the movie was done, and I suggested it, since we'd taped the movie, she was reluctant to leave the viewing. When we finally got her into the bathroom for her pre-nap ritual, her legs weren't moving very well, but they weren't moving badly, either, and she wasn't frustrated by this; she just commented that "they've already gone to bed." I suspect she was right. She had no trouble standing while I cleaned her after her bowel movement. I'm not going to push anything for the rest of the day, though; I'm not even going to question her about making it a wheel chair night.
I'll report on our evening later. - Despite a restful nap it was obvious that she was still hung over from her restless night. Her energy level was low, so we stuck with the wheelchair. She had moderate trouble transferring, although she chose to transfer to her rocker in the living room, refusing my suggestion that she spend the evening in the wheelchair. She was also able to lift herself up partially while I pulled her slacks down in order to rub down her legs, and she raised herself, using the arms of the rocker, in order to transfer to the wheelchair for bedtime. So, her strength, I think, is recovering, it's just that she was phenomenally tired yesterdday. Even so, she wasn't interested in going to bed until 0100.
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