Poo poo in the pottie

Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018

There was a christian hymn singing event going when I arrived.  I used the time to check mom's closet.  She's missing several pairs of pants.  Luckily I found a pair at the Salvation Army today.
Larry told me that she had been uncooperative with toileting.  She refused to sit down on the toilet.  The nurse said that she had been refusing medication.

I tried to keep mom's beverages away from her.
The nurse gave mom some medication to drink.  Mom was not cooperating.  I turned my back on mom and she had taken the water pitcher and poured water into her paper medication cup.  When I turned my back on her again, she was drinking from the pitcher.  Yikes!
She drank everything in the cup.
I then tried to get her to eat her pureed meal.  She did eat some.  I alternated between a sip of milk and a spoonful of food.  Then Boost and food.  Finally apple juice and food.  She ate at least half of her food and a few tablespoons of her custard.
I took her back to the room and she did a really long poop in the toilet.  Hurray!
I took her to the lobby and we played with the stacking toy and looked at her photobook twice.
She pointed to dad and asked "Who is this old guy?"  We both laughed and laughed.
When she was playing her stacking toy, she became focused on the pole.  She unscrewed it.  I didn't even know you could do that.

I took her back to the room and put her in a sweater and put her afghan on her.  It was on Zorka's bed.
I put a sweater on Donna too because she just had on a hospital gown.  I also put her quilt on her.

Mom was very alert today.