It's the typical, New England, rainy, cool, blucky day (no offense NE residents) and it seems to me that the Red Sox are always, always on tv.......and losing, no less....
Anyways, this a.m. when I arrived, Mom was alert and when I asked what my name is, she said
'Reta'. It brought me such joy! Jeff arrived shortly after I did and he found us looking at more photos on my laptop. When I asked her who it that, Mom?....she was unable to say, 'Jeff', but the warm smile and look told both of us, she was saying 'Hi Jeff, you know I know who you are and I love you'. I found some videos on my laptop to show her, and one was of her playing piano at my home...she intently watched that one and stayed awake for over an hour - at least - to view photos sent by Ray & family and those on my computer. When a family picture came up on screen, I pointed and asked her, who is that, Mom? She said, "Mark". Yippeee!
Mom spent at least 3 hours sitting up (great for circulation) and that, along with watching photos, wiped her out. She spent most of the day resting and sleeping....
Today's visitors included the EEG gentlemen, the Speech Therapist doc, and the Occupational doc.
Steve, the EEG man, took great time in placing 25 or so wires on her head (that did not hurt her at all), only to find out that they had cancelled the test because she was so alert yesterday. But since everyone was on her, they went ahead and monitored her brainwaves for 20 minutes. This test is performed to make sure there are no seizures or neurological abnormalities. We await the results to be read by the neurologist tomorrow.
The speech therapist came in to perform some verbal and command tests with the goal of checking her swallowing abilities and her. They test her by giving her a piece of ice and listening to any swallowing activities. Unfortunately, she failed the test today, as she was very lethargic, tired and unable to say any words, however, tomorrow is another day!
Our next guest of the day was the Occupational Therapist, who came in to assess her movement and response to physical commands. Mom was super tired, super lethargic, and again for her, she did very minor commands, with no speaking at all.....but she will be back tomorrow to assess Mom's improvement.
She was fairly alert this evening after 6:30 p.m. and she watched more photos from the laptop and listened to her favorite, "How Great Thou Art" (in Hawaiian) and "Amazing Grace" (in Hawaiian) on youtube. Lastly, Aunty Diana, Aunty Wendy and Uncle Peter each spoke to her as she listened intently and was super alert. We'll try to contact more of you to speak to you in the coming days so long as she is alert and nods 'yes' when I ask her if we ought to call.... :)
That's it for now all...
Have a wonderful day and keep praising, praying and worshipping!
love, reta
My soul finds rest in God alone
my salvation comes from Him
He alone is my rock and my salvation
He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
Psalm 62:1 -2
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