Mother's Day

Sunday, May 12, 2019
Ethel came to visit mom for coffee time.  Mom ate and drank very little.  She ate a piece of cheese, but she had it in her mouth for a long time.  We had lunch with mom. She played with bubble wrap and looked at some Japanese children's books. 
I cut up Donna's food for her and helped her put it on her fork.
I tried to toilet mom a couple of times, but she was not cooperative.
Mom was engaged and talkative.  We left her with Cheesies and the Japanese books which she seemed to be very engrossed in.
One of the male Asian aides told me that mom should have a proper comb.  He also said that I should not leave mom's bib on the table, when I did not give it up.
I bought a couple of white combs for mom at the dollar store and labeled them. 
I came back again for dinner.  She had the Japanese books with her.  They seemed a bit worse for wear and a little damp.  I brought a salad.  I helped Donna with her food.  Mom ate nothing.  She drank some apple juice and Boost.  She ate a tiny bite of banana, but seemed to have a difficult time chewing it.  Turned out she had put a large piece of banana skin in her mouth.
Later I noticed there was something in her mouth that she was laboriously chewing on.  I tried to get it out of her mouth.  First I got some greenish bits, and I thought she might have eaten some kind of plants, but eventually, I was able to pull out a larger large piece of banana peel.  Yikes!
She ate some cheesies and yokan.  I cut a small piece and she ate it.  She was happy.  I cut some more pieces.  I ate a piece and there were two pieces left.  She took two pieces and put them both in her mouth.  She drank some Boost too.
I read Little Red Riding hood for her in Japanese.  We went through it twice.
I left her with some apple juice and Boost.