Sunday In Beaumont With Ruth

It has been a pretty good day for Mom. She had several visitors, including all her children. She also enjoyed sitting up in a chair and reading the paper, and visiting with a friend from church (thanks for the flowers, Kathy). After she got back in bed she commented that she had been awake all day and she's in fine spirits even though she hasn't had a nap. When I arrived around 10:30 a.m., she and Val were in xray, checking out her ribs. She forgets she napped for an hour when she got back to the room.

I cornered Dr Ordano earlier this afternoon. He still feels Mom will be able to return to rehab, hopefully by the end of the week. The results of the biopsy will not be available until the middle of the week and I'm going to check with Continuing Care about getting her back into Heartland by the weekend. He also said he will follow up with her in the Wound Center and in a couple of weeks have her evaluated for the hyperbaric oxygen treatment.

I watched as her evening nurse changed the dressing and have to say as gross as it is, it looks a whole lot better than it did on Tuesday when we were at the Wound Center. It's not pretty, but it does look better with all the dead tissue gone.

I'll be taking off in about an hour and returning tomorrow afternoon. Thanks to everyone who called and visited today; she really appreciated it.