And desert was chocolate cake. You guessed it! That was Helen's dinner tonight. We went to visit during her evening meal and sat with her to encourage her to eat. She had eaten 80% of breakfast and 40% of lunch. I would guess about 60% of dinner and the portion was large.
Today they dressed her and she had therapy three times. She had a much better day and was more co-operative. I watched when they transferred her to the wheelchair for dinner and she did help a little. There was some complaint of pain, not much and it did not last. She is only on Tylenol standard strength so that is very good.
Yesterday was a very bad day. No cooperation and slept most of the day. She was very with it and made it plain she did not like all they (the nurses and PT) were doing and went to sleep to keep from doing what they wanted, including eating breakfast and lunch. Dinner she ate about 80%. The nurses aid said she was hungry.
There is a re-evaluation of her status on Monday to re-determine if rehab is the right palace for her. AS a family we will be working on a plan B and ways that each member can help to take some of the stress off of me.
We had a few minutes of rain today and it was only into the low 90"s. A very nice day.
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