Interesting Weekend & Week......So Far

Because she was having a little "problem" the planned trip to church on Sunday did not happen. She did enjoy dinner at Sheila Render's with Pricilla Friday night and we also enjoyed time at the pool and cookout at Krippendorfs Sunday afternoon. She was pretty tired and grateful to get home.

I guess I'm doing the laundry okay, at least she's not complaining to me, but she did express her dissatisfaction when I told her I would do my own ironing. I noticed while she was cleaning the house yesterday she was not always using her walker, relying on what was handy for support. We had a little discussion about safety and why she needed to use her walker at all times, reminding her of her agreement with Dr Weismann. She also didn't want to walk yesterday except to make a trip up and down her drive.

This morning PT Ricky came over, had her working with 1.5 pound weights, doing some resistant band exercies and leg exercises. She is suppoed to be doing these exercises daily as well as keeping ice on her thigh but I don't think she's actually doing them. We went to the dentist this morning, stopped for lunch and then to Trader Joe's. I could tell she was tired and when I left her to get online, she was sitting down, icing her thigh and proping her leg up.

I spoke to her PT regarding her using the 4 prong cane. He had her walking the sidewalk with it today, holding on to her and explained the proper way to use it in conjunction with her walker. He said she isn't ready to use the cane, needs to build her strength and confidence as well as try to overcome her fear of falling again. I will reinforce my efforts to ensure she does her exercises and get her to walk more. No guarantees how she'll respond, but it's what needs to be done.

On a lighter note, if anyone reading this has any pictures from her birthday party that she hasn't seen, she would appreciate seeing them. This past Saturday she went through her 100 cards that she received and enjoyed reminiscing about the party. For someone who didn't want to attend, she sure had a good time!!

That's about it for now. Ricky will be back on Friday and I think her SW comes tomorrow or Thursday. Visitors are always welcomed and she does appreciate phone calls.

Thanks for reading.