Status Quo

Mom had a routine doctor appointment this morning just to get her meds checked. She is on a sort of quarterly schedule as long as everything is going well. Today, the doctor did increase Mom's seroquel to see if the night time hallucinations and nightmares go away. "People" come to her room during the night and she does not want them there so she tells them to leave. They leave and Mom goes back to sleep. About once a week she has nightmares and has twice fallen out of bed and injured herself. Now when we hear her yelling I go to calm her before that happens. The baby monitor is on every night.

Since our firm rule reminder the other night, Mom has been pretty much quiet and giving me the stony silence and look when she thinks I am misleading her about something or if I ask her to let me wash her hair. There has been no opportunity to practice being nice to the kids or their two dogs who visit with them.

I am glad that you all enjoyed your packages from us. Those of you who did not get one will just have to wonder what everyone else got until I sit with Mom again and prepare more packages. Mom has been working hard on more of those items and daily takes them out of the two big tote bags, piles them in stacks of ten and counts them. There are over 100 now. Our friend Dianne took her to an area nursing home to deliver some Christmas items so Mom wants me to call her so that they can take these there also. I suggested that I could drop them by, but Mom insisted that she likes to see the happy looks on the resident's faces when she delivers them in person. I'll call Dianne. Don't want to deprive Mom or the resident's of such joy.

Mom just went to bed for the night and I am not far behind after I check on her and make sure she had her pills. Thank-you all for the notes and cards and good thoughts! I don't think I would want to do this without you.