On track!

So, just a few updates this week. Anything that happens here of course affects Mom and this week, it was another knee surgery for Haley. Feb. 24 was the first day that we allowed Haley to go out on her own since the last knee surgery in December. This past Saturday, Joe let her out on her own in the backyard and she came limping in - having torn the ligament in her other knee! So, Mom and Joe took her to the surgeon in Dallas yesterday and I picked her up today. Joe took Mom to the podiatrist today and she thought that they were going to go pick up Haley. When they came straight home, Mom pouted until I got home with the dog. Mom makes over Haley like she makes over small children and I was certain that with Haley on pain medication and not feeling well, that she just might nip at Mom if she got too annoying. Both are doing well now.

Mom is busy during the days with her crafts of course. Joe takes her with him whenever he has to go somewhere so she has been getting out a little. I am trying to schedule a day to have the new caregiver here to get acquainted with Mom and her routine. I have not yet presented all of this to Mom - there is no room for discussion and it won't help anyone to address it over and over in the coming week. Next weekend we will prepare her when Joe is about to begin his job.

The night before last, Mom went to bed at 7 and was up at 9 ready to work on her crafts. I went to bed and Joe was hard pressed to convince her that she should go to back to bed. She was insisting that she had to wait for me to get home. Joe assured her that I was already home and had gone to bed. Finally at 11:30 she decided she was tired and it was time to go to bed!

Mom has been having even more difficulty with language - speaking and understanding. We go a lot of guessing and speak simply, slowly and directly to her. She was telling Joe about a friend who lives in Alaska yesterday. He came to me to clarify exactly who it was that lives in Alaska.

All in all, we are all doing very well! Mom has Haley back home! We are back on track for now - whatever track she is on, at least! Love you all!