Another one from Dad
"It is eight-thirty on Monday morning as I start this. Mom has not slept well the last three nights but every morning has compensated by getting about three hours of extra sleep. This has allowed her to declare that she got a good night's sleep. (Not so easy a declaration for the master caregiver!).
Mom has eaten well, and is comfortable. I find her physically weaker, but only marginally so (although yesterday when we went to the Great Smokies she had trouble walking short distances inside the restaurant in Morganton). She speaks very slowly, pauses from time to time to find the right word or to reconnect with a train of thought, and her voice level is often so low that it is hard to follow. And yet yesterday evening, when friends brought a delicious dinner (much appreciated in this ferocious heat) she perked up and seemed much stronger.
We are scheduled to have a pre-op on Wednesday for plastic surgery the following Monday (August 2). We hope to be clued in on Wednesday as to what the procedure will be. The wound has remained clean and the perimeter of the inflamed area has very, very gradually contracted each day. We seem to have a system in place whereby the headband apparatus remains secure during the night.
Mom has tried to be more active in the kitchen, and has succeeded. But she is very easily frustrated because her left hand is of very little use. I think it is more swollen now than was the case a couple of weeks ago, and I will spend more time massaging it this week. We have gotten out each day to go shopping and to get some walking in an air conditioned environment. Mom particularly enjoys a rural market-farm place, and we are eating very healthily as a result. The outdoor temperatures have stayed pretty close to, or above, 100 degrees for almost two weeks.
Please do call - late afternoon is the best. Love, Dad"
Love to all, Ted
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