Friday, February 24, 2017
Mom, Donna and Edward were seated. Mom had consumed all her beverages.
I took Jacquie's spot. Aunti Tomoko had sent us a letter so I gave it to mom, but mom said she couldn't read it because she couldn't see. I showed mom the photos of her sister and brother-in-law, but she didn't know who they were. I showed Donna and Edward too.
We had barbecued "pork ribs" (reconstituted pork), mashed potatoes and gravy and mixed veggies (minced cauliflower, broccoli and squash (quite tasty). Dessert was a peach cobbler. Yummy.
I put the photos of Aunti Tomoko and Qyu-san and family on her wall.
We went back to the room. There was an easy chair by the window. Donna went to sit in it, but couldn't get up. She recalled that she had done this before and mom had helped her get up. We tried using her walker with Donna holding onto the walker and mom holding it in place. That didn't work. Then I suggested moving the walker and having mom pull Donna up by holding her hands. That worked. They both have trouble getting up from chairs. In the exercise class they hang onto a railing to get up from the chair. At the dinner table, mom gets confused. They are eventually able to get up from the table. It's interesting. I don't give it a second thought. It's like a reflex, but they have to figure out how to get up each time.
Barbara was listing as she came into the room. She said she was very tired.
I tidied up mom's stuff. Her laundry hamper was in the washroom, the lid was on her bed. There was dirty underwear in her drawer which I put in the communal hamper.
Mom and Donna both had had their hair cut.
Anna greet me very warmly when I came in. She was in a good mood. Anna's daughter came after dinner. It sounded like Anna had been moved to a private room. She came to tell us that she had moved.
We played cards in the fish tank room with mom, Donna, Shanta and Michael. Michael went to get his Monopoly money. Mom won twice, Shanta won three times and Michael won twice. Poor Donna didn't win at all. Shanta was very excited that she had won three times. She's been sick, the poor thing. I can hear a lot of fluid in her lungs and she coughs a lot.
Donna's nose is runny. She says it's allergies. I hope so.
Ming said that there were no reports of stomach illness today. He thinks things will be back to normal by Monday.
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