Day 18... Soooooo Tuesdays are my cRaZy work day... I start at 6am and usually go until 7:30pm. However, a lot of my clients are teachers and this being the 1st week of school, it comes with lots of client cancellations."Yay!" I think, I can run over and check on Mom, see how she's holding up....
I get to the hospital, walk onto the 4th floor and as I enter her wing I spot this little lady walking down the hall pushing her IV cart and I realize, it's Mom! She's surprised to see me (Lori) and happily informs me she's walking her 2nd set of double laps today and is so pleased I can join her!! So I walk along side her and (of course) she already knows all the staff and happily made introductions :-) Nice surprise, there's a number of St. Philomena (her home parish, the parochial school we attended back in the day and where she works now) alumni that are on staff at the hospital who recognized her and are making a special note to take good care of her. Mom is especially pleased that they started her on a 'regular' liquid diet today which now includes Cream of Wheat for breakfast, cream of 'whatever' soup (chicken or mushroom), pudding and tea... Mom did inform the dietician (St. Philomena alumni) that she does not like vanilla pudding and prefers chocolate... ah ha! Taken care of!!
Mom said she felt better today... she decided she felt good enough for a self-done sponge bath and although a LONG s-l-o-w process she did indeed feel fresher afterward. She admitted her motivation was Jeanette... Jeanette said, "Mom, you can take care of it or I will get it done on Friday." =D Thank God every day at this point, seems to give us the gift of improvement! Before I left to go back to work Mom whispered to me, "They may even send me home this weekend." ... Hmmmmmm, I said, "Now Mom, the Docs indicated 2 more weeks." to which she replied, "Well, I feel better and I'm just saying it could happen. ".... Hey, it's Mom! We don't doubt anything and just we'll wait and see...
She knows of everyone who is pulling for her, praying for her and wishing the best for her... She wants you to know how much she loves all of you...
We Do Too!!!
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