Saturday, 12 May 2018

Hymn sing-a-long

Saturday, May 12, 2018
Haven't seen mom for 12 days.  When I got there, Donna was watching a movie with the group.  The staff person said that mom was in the Fraser Room.  Mom recognized me and smiled.  I was so relieved.  I was worried that she would forget me.  She didn't want to get out of her chair, but I coaxed her and took her to the washroom.  Her diaper was clean.
There was a lot of laundry in mom's hamper.  The clothes smelt like pee.
I combed mom's hair, wiped her face, brushed her teeth.  She seemed to be missing a tooth.  I should check on that.  I gave her about 1/2 a cup of water to drink.
We did some colouring in her colouring book.  We haven't done that for a long time.  Mom seemed to enjoy it.  She couldn't really colour, but she drew lines with her crayon.  She was happy with the result.  She had a very phlegmy cough, but she didn't spit out the phlegm.  When I gave her a tissue, she patted her nose and then patted her face.
We went through her photo book.  She enjoyed it very much.
Then I toileted her again.  This time she took a pee and a poo.
I took her to the dining room because it was 4:30 p.m. and close to dinner time.  There was hymn singing going on.  I took mom over to join the group.  Mom made Japanese sound effects to go with the music.  I think she enjoyed the music.  The pastor gave everyone a carnation for Mother's Day.  Mom was really pleased.  Jacquie was really into the singing.  I was surprised to see William up there singing.
We joined Donna at the dining table.  Edward soon joined us. I took mom and Donna's carnations back to their room and put the stems in cups and propped each carnation against a wall.  I encouraged mom to drink her tea black.  She was sipping it and kept trying to share it with me.  I hope the hot tea helped with her congestion. 
Mom had her nails painted a light pink.  Donna had her nails painted a dark cherry red.
Mom admired the carnations on the table.
It was teriyaki chicken. I cut up Donna's chicken for her.  I left before mom's meal was served.

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