Day 10

I am actually writing this a day late- yesterday was a full day and it was the Homecoming game for our two boys- our oldest plays and his girlfriend was in the Homecoming court- I was able to go to the game because my sister, Jenny stayed with momma during the game. Yesterday morning momma was very sleepy - I actually had to wake her up to get ready for Jamie- her physical therapist. We were also having company for lunch- Denise and her little boy- Luke- Momma did great at therapy- Jamie believes that if she continues to progress, she may be able to walk on her own- which is something he doubted when he first saw her. She does well with her walker and had walked from one end of our house to the other with the walker. After Jamie left, our company arrived and we had fun playing with Luke and talking to Denise. she has been such a good friend throughout this ordeal and has encouraged me so much. I really don't know what I would do with out my friends and my church family. Momma had a doctors appointment with a geriatric psyciatrist at 1:20- this was a successful visit and it gave her an opportunity to tell the therapist how she was feeling. she cried a bit- because she was worried that she was going to be a burden on her children- I felt sorry for her- but you know when I think about it- the question of whether I was going to be able to take care of her- really wasn't a concern- I just knew that I had to do it- so I did. There will still be rough days ahead I'm sure but we will handle it day by day. The psychiatrist increased her cymbalta that she takes for depression and wants to see her back in one month. After her appointment we went to a little coffee shop close by and she enjoyed a cup of coffee and some hummingbird cake- I drank a coke and ate a bagel.
We picked up her prescription and then I drove her by the assisted living place for alzheimers patients that we are thinking about- she seemed to like it from the outside and I told her I had already gotten some info about it and that we would visit there one day next week. I clocked the mileage on my car and it is about 15 miles from there to my house. When we got home we had to wait on Jerry to come home to help us get in the house. The deck was slick and I was afraid I would fall with her in the wheelchair. My sister arrived while we were outside waiting and when he came home I got ready for the game- which was great- our team won and I was so proud of our son- Jay and his girlfriend, Carissa. Momma was sleepy when I got home and I will tell you about how the night went in the next blog...