Saturday, October 4, 2008
A Little Bit Hard, A Little Bit Easy
Movement for 10/4/08:
- When Mom first awoke, even after an exteeeeended time on the edge of the bed and despite the fact that she thought she'd walk into the bathroom, once on her feet she eased herself back to the bed. "What's the problem?" I asked.
"I'm not sure what to do with my feet," she said. She had a curious do-I-even-have-legs look on her face. Seemed reasonable that we should use the wheelchair. She transferred well, both from the bed to the wheelchair and from the wheelchair to the toilet. When we got her settled for bathing she said, "Well, that was easier that it looked!"
She must have figured out that she had legs and what to do with her feet by the time we got to groin bathing, though, because she stood well and sturdily for that. I even complimented her on her stance, saying, "You're standing well today," to which she jauntily replied, "Well, thank you, so are you!" She had a slight problem imagining herself walking into the dinette, so I readied the wheelchair to her left outside the bathroom door and the oxygen caddy to her right. Once she'd made it through the bathroom she chose to use her feet and went right when she exited the bathroom.
She did well going into the living room after breakfast, too. She used the walker once she'd descended the dinette steps. Her technique was so surprisingly good I couldn't help but compliment her about that, too.
She cocked her head to the side and responded with one of her thin-lipped, ironic grins. "You know," she said in a tone of comic confidence, "this really isn't as hard as it looks."
She headed in for a nap early. I was surprised by that, too, but didn't flinch. We used the wheelchair to the foyer steps but after that she was on her feet all the way to the bathroom and all the way to the bedroom.
We'll see how this evening goes. I'm not even going to guess. - Movement went well this evening. Although I was ready to handle her using the walker from steps to rocker and rocker to steps, she felt iffy about it, so I followed her lead. Otherwise, though, she did well transferring and walking with environmental and my support in all the areas where she usually walks.
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