June 8, 2013, Saturday. I went to the NH about 11 AM. I fed the
birds, blinds closed. I went to Mom’s room. Mom was flat on bed (no pillow), O2
on, glasses off, TV off. I noticed the fresh flowers and clean vase indicating
Carl had visited but he had not signed in on Mom’s guest book. The C.N.A. Mary
came in with a Trainee. They toileted Mom and got her a clean dress. We did
some personal care then hurried to dining room II where we caught the last two
pieces of Jane Walls Students; a Debussy piece on harp played by Don Cho and
then a duet on the piano. We missed the flutist and earlier piano pieces. I
accompanied Mom on a walk to the front of the facility. Mom sketched the large
hibiscus growing in pots and we counted the buds. Mom was alert to her
environment. We returned to Mom’s dining room. I went to her room to fetch her
bib and turned on the TV, discovering that it was messed up, asking to be
programmed or something. I pushed buttons until I got the TV to respond
properly to the remote and left the TV on a Fred A DVD. I took Mom her bib,
said good-bye and left about 12 noon.
June 9, 2013, Sunday. I didn’t go to the NH today.
June 10, 2013, Monday. I went to the NH about 9:15 AM. I fed the
birds, blinds closed. Mom was resting on her bed, no teeth, no O2, no glasses,
sound down on DVD. I opened the blinds and got Mom into her chair. I could not
get the head of the bed to raise but the whole bed would go up and down and the
foot of the bed responded to controls. I got Mom her teeth, we did some
personal care then we went to dining room II. Mom propelled herself most of the
way. I got Mom a coffee. I sketched a portrait of Tammy and Mom watched and
drank her coffee. Mom joined the group for the sing along. I did portrait
sketches of Dorothy and Horace, and “B”.
I observed Mom waving her hands with the music. We returned to her room,
watched the birds and I changed the DVD to Brigadoon. I gave Mom a chocolate
and left Mom in her room, in her w/c about 11:30 AM.
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