Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Complicated Variation on a Theme
Movement for 11/24/08:
- The theme was "I don't want to get up", like yesterday's, but she was even more intransigent. I wasn't completely surprised. I discussed with her, last night, that we needed to move her awakening closer to noon in order to be prepared for the probably Hospice RN visit on Tuesday of this week. She agreed, in theory. The practice was another matter entirely. Although I hate to physically raise her up off the bed, now, I did that this morning. It was pleasant for neither of us. Once up, though, treated (with her breathing treatment) chatted up by me and petted up by the kitties, she walked into the bathroom under her own steam, although she opted for the wheelchair into the dinette. She walked around the table and down the dinette steps, though, to enter the living room and, again, later in the day, walked from her bedroom after her nap (I allowed her a nice, long one; she awoke on her own) into the bathroom then continued from the bathroom to the banister and down the foyer steps.
She did well. The woman just needs her sleep. That's all.
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