Friday, May 3rd, 2019
I arrived late. Jacquie told me that mom had taken a banana from Edward and an apple juice as well. She actually only ate one bite of the banana. She drank all of the apple juice.
I had taken a couple of bites from my dinner when mom let me know that she had to go to the bathroom. Luckily I had cleaned the toilet in her room before I had sat down to eat.
I took her to the toilet. She was quite cooperative until she wasn't. I removed her soiled diaper. I put toilet paper in her hands and she wiped herself. She insisted on folding the heavily soiled toilet paper in half and using it again and folding it again before she threw it in the garbage. Then the aide was going to clean her bum. Mom was indignant. I had to ask the aide to leave. Mom had pulled up her pants before I finished cleaning her up. I had to negotiate with her. She complained that the toilet was dirty. I flushed it. She agreed to let me pull her pants down. I cleaned her up as best as I could with her complaining the whole time. I kept showing her the soiled cloths so she knew that I wasn't finished yet. At last, it was done.
When we got back, they were doing mom's favourite activity in the fish tank room. Mom participated eagerly and at the end would not let go of her foam stick. I continued to play with the remaining people, but I was getting tired. Finally, Ming started to disperse the stragglers and mom let go of her foam stick.
After the balloon and foam stick activity, I tried to get mom to eat something. She drank some orange juice and some milk. She even ate a spoonful of egg custard! She fed herself and told me it was good. Mom stuffed a piece of coconut bun in her mouth and put the rest in her pocket. She ate a couple of Cheesies. I felt happy. I massaged her legs and she thanked me. It was a good day.
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