Day of rest

One of Mom's oldest friends (E.C.) called during the morning to check on Mom and offered the loan of a "potty chair" to keep beside the bed. Dad accepted the offer, and some other friends (T.&.C.H.) picked it up and delivered it with their truck a short time later. Before we could get the "potty chair" setup in the Master Bedroom, the sheets had to be changed again.

One of the Home Health nurses called to verify that someone would visit the house daily to check on Mom and change the dressing on her surgical incision beginning on Monday 09/22. Mom thought she was too weak to sit up in bed, so I stood beside the bed and spoon-fed her bites of canteloupe for lunch, followed by a BOOST® drink. I did three loads of laundry, which included two sets of soiled sheets from the past 12 hours plus everything that had accumulated in the clothes hamper over the last few days. Mom got a nap during the afternoon, as did Dad in his chair, and me on the living room sofa. Supper was a simple meal of soy "sausage" patties and grits, at Dad's request. It was so very nice to have a relative day of rest for a change! 


A pretty painting of a restful courtyard that was hanging in Mom's room at the hospital...
snagged by my camera phone...



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