A good visit

Friday, November 16, 2018
Mom was sitting at the table with Donna and Edward.  No sign of Jacquie.  Mom had consumed all the beverages. She was being uncooperative about me feeding her.  Suddenly she cooperated.  I was able to feed her all of her dessert:  egg custard.  She fed herself a little of the pureed peas and carrots.  This is the most I have seen her eat for days.  I felt happy.
After dinner I toileted her, but her diaper was clean and she didn't even pee.  I took her to play hit the balloon with a foam stick. 
Meanwhile, I cleaned out her closet, replaced her toothpaste, labeled it, etc.  I found a mouse poop in her bed. 
After the balloon game, I took mom back to the room to toilet her.  This time she peed.  I was going to take her for a walk to the lobby, but she didn't want to stand.  I put her back in the wheelchair.  We looked at her photo book.  I gave her a disc-shaped shrimp chip.  She tried to bite it, but then took it out of her mouth.  She broke the cracker in half and stacked the two halves before placing them in her mouth.  I had her drink some milk.  Eventually she did chew and swallow.  She accepted another half a shrimp chip.  This time she bit off small pieces.  She drank all her milk and then put the unfinished quarter of the shrimp chip in the cup.
I took mom back to the fish tank room to sit with Donna and Joan.  Mom hid the cup under the afghan I placed over her knees.  When I took the cup back, I noticed the quarter of the shrimp chip was missing as well.
I went back to the room and got her partially eaten banana and placed it in her hand.