I can't believe that it has been so long since I had my last post. I thought that it was earlier this week, but I guess I did it in my sleep!
It has been quiet here, which is a nice change. Mom is getting better each day. This last Wednesday was 3 week since surgery - GO MOM!!! This was a good week since we did not have to go to the stoma nurse or the doctor at all. I called the stoma nurse on Monday to ask a question, but we didn't have to go see them. This is a great milestone for her. On Monday the nurse came out and put on a new bag after mom's shower around 11 am, and at 11 pm I put on the 5th bag for the day. That day stayed for 2 1/2 days - the longest yet. I think we are getting the idea, if only the nurses would. Mom is going to start trying to put her own bag on herself on at the next bag change. This way she can proceed to being independent again. We only have the home health nurse for about 2 weeks more (if mom doesn't fire them first) so she needs to be able to do her bag herself after that in case I can't get back home to change it for her.
Mom parked the walker on Wednesday, decided that she was going to do this on her own. The PT nurse wanted her to use a cane and mom told her "NO WAY." She only uses the walker if she goes outside or we leave the house.
This has been a busy week for us. On Tuesday Brian started moving out again. I was off a half-day on Tuesday so I helped him load the truck before Tom got off work. They decided to unload the truck that night while I came home and fixed supper for mom. The temperatures were hovering near 100 degrees with the heat index near 1000 I think. It was miserable. I felt sorry for the boys. But, Brian and Megan are moved in. I think Megan has stuff at her parents house, but they don't have room for it at their apartment yet so it will have to stay there for the time being.
Today Tom, Kristi, and Alayna are going to see Granny and Grandpapa. Tom needs to do some yard work for him since he is still recovering from his surgery. Alayna is really looking forward to seeing them. This leaves me and mom at home today - all by ourselves. I am not sure what we will do yet. Mom isn't up to traveling yet or we would go somewhere to get her out of the house.
Tomorrow we plan on doing more yard work. Still trying to clean up from the storm that we had a couple of weeks ago.
I know I am going to try to scrapbook today if possible. Maybe I can talk mom into quilting a little.
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