Monday, November 10, 2008
A New, Slightly Lower Plateau
Movement for 11/9/08:
- Today was a mirror image of yesterday. I'm thinking that we may be establishing a new plateau. It is, obviously, a bit lower than our former plateau. Walkering from the dinette steps to the rocker and from the walker to the foyer steps hasn't been reintroduced. Frankly, I'm not sure we will. Neither Mom nor I trusts the walker as we used to, considering Mom's incrementally weakening legs.
I can't say whether we'll reestablish walking up the foyer steps and walking with environmental and my assistance from the foyer to the bathroom. As well, in the evening, she's been opting regularly for wheeling to bed from the bathroom. Lately, she tires more easily than, say, a month ago, even though I doubt that her awake time average has decreased. When she's tired, now, you can see the collapsing in her eyes. I don't push her to movement when I notice that look; and, I'm getting in the habit, now, of looking for it I'm planning on initiating a movement episode.
I should probably mention, we no longer do those exercises once a day. Maybe once every two or three days she'll agree to run through the series. Maybe, of those episodes, one of two includes all the exercises before she decides to stop. Of the exercises we do, we never get beyond 10 reps. The exercises that cause her to balk most often are the sit-marching in place and raising her legs from the knee. The one exercise she is always up for, if she agrees to exercise, are the heel/toe ankle stretches.
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