Mom ate most of her food!

Sunday, November 18, 2018
Mom was sitting with Donna at the dining table.  Mom had already helped herself to two apple juices and one milk.  Edward arrived in a wheelchair, but he insisted on sitting in a chair at the table.  Jacquie arrived a little later.  The nurse was able to give mom half her medication mixed with strawberry jam.  I mixed the leftover with her Boost and gave it to mom later.
Mom was totally uncooperative.  She wouldn't eat at all.  I even tried the egg tofu which didn't taste very good.  I had given up and taken mom's Boost and her dessert to her room.  When I got back, mom had eaten some food.  I continued to feed her.  I was in shock.  She kept eating all her veggies, some of her ham and some of her potato.  I was so happy.
I took her back to the room to toilet her.  Nothing.
I took her the lobby and we looked at her photo book.  She was very engaged.  She recognized herself.  She asked about dad.  She looked from front to back and then from back to front.
Then, she started to hunch over and I could smell poop.  I took her back to the room and sure enough she had filled her diaper. I cleaned her up.
She sat and drank her Boost.  She ate a little of her dessert (maybe pureed apricots?).  She didn't seem to like it.  I gave a piece of the baby rusk.  She crunched on it and seemed pleased with herself.  After her snack, I was going to take her to sit with Donna, but she was reluctant.  I smelt poop again.  I toileted her.  It was only a little poop, but I changed her and cleaned her up.  I tried to brush her teeth, but she was not having it at all.
This time she was happy to sit in her wheelchair and go and sit with Donna.