7:30 Friday Morning

Yesterday Mom ate a lunch and supper of solid foods. She ate more with each meal which was great.

She slept in the afternoon while Joe and Dad where there and when it was time for supper the nurse came in to wake her up. She didn't wake up immediately like she always has and it really scared me. She came out of a really deep sleep and then for about the next 45 minutes she was very confused. I was so scare she had taken a step back. But as the evening went on she became better.

Uncle Jim and Aunt Barb came to see Mom and it really helped Mom. She had emotionally been down almost all day and I think it was because she was more aware that she is so weak and she was discouraged about being in the hospital. She is homesick and I think that may be a real battle for her.

Around 7:00 the nurse came in and said we all had to leave and come back at 8:30 for Hipa law and that meant that because of the drive Dad, Joe, Uncle Jim and Aunt Barb had to say goodbye. Mom was not expecting it and so she really broke down and was ready to cry. It was so hard for everyone to leave her like that.
I told her to eat her supper and she said," I don't want to eat alone." I tried to comfort her and said, "Why don't you eat now and I will go to the downstairs and eat now too.Then I will be back at 8:30"

So we all left.

When I went back to the room she was so glad to see me and said," I was afraid they wouldn't let you back in." I began to show her pictures of friends on facebook on my laptop and she really enjoyed that. It began to cheer her up and she began to talk. She had almost no confusion at all and what she was say made sense. It was like Mom was back to herself. It was so nice to see.

A good friend called and I was talking with her on the phone and then I asked if she wanted to talk to Mom and Mom really wanted to talk with her. She was able to carry on a full 10 minute conversation and she made sense the whole time.

It was almost 10:00 by then so I told Mom she needed to get a good nights sleep which she agreed to so I tucked her all into bed.

I believe she made some great progress today and I look forward to seeing her this morning. I think being able to have real food and getting out of bed is helping her alot. Please continue to pray the fluid and swelling will go down and that she will not be so discouraged about being weak. When she was young she never wanted to go to camp because she would get so incredible homesick and I think she might have the same reaction to the hospital as she become more aware.