Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Wheelchair: 1 - Legs: 8
Movement for 9/8/08:
- If I divide my mother's movement requirements into distinct sections, there are 9 possibilities for choices regarding wheelchair or leg ambulation, as follows:
- Upon Awakening from Night Sleep: Bedroom to Bathroom
- Bathroom to Dinette
- Dinette to Living Room
- Living Room to Bathroom
- Bathroom to Bedroom for Nap
- After Nap: Bedroom to Bathroom
- Bathroom to Living Room
- Living Room to Bathroom
- Bathroom to Bedroom for Night Sleep
- Sometimes there are one or two more "sections", if she has to go to the bathroom during an up period, but, I ask her, now, because movement is such a challenge for her, rather than shoo her into the bathroom every two hours, so, in any one week one or two days out of seven might contain an extra two to four sections. That was true last week when she had light diarrhea from my over-zealous administration of prune juice, but this week we're back to "normal", so far
However, today was one of her better days in regard to getting around under her own steam (with environmental and my help). She apparently is remembering her day to day movement difficulties, as well, because she even mentioned, when she made it to the rocking chair in the living room after breakfast by walking and walkering, "I seem to be doing pretty good today." I confirmed this. She was pretty tired today, though, so her day involved a bit more sleep than usual, including going to bed at night almost a full two hours earlier than she would have, normally, considering her arising time in her "morning". - I'm about equally divided on whether this weakness, which seems to be setting in, is a result of bouncing hemoglobin or simply decline due to her cancer, so I talked to her Hospice RN about a possible blood draw, even though I'm not sure she'll receive any treatment for low hemoglobin. I left the final decision up to him and his Physician Supervisor as to whether to actually draw blood and test it.
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