Mom's stylin'. She has bought some relatively low-heeled (about 2 inch) wedges to stand in during therapy.
Yep, standing.
Still not walking, and not standing up on her on, but standing nonetheless. She goes to therapy daily and they have stand her up 3 or 4 times a day for 30 seconds or more. Her hips (including the new one) seem to work OK, but the knees are not coming around quite so fast. She still wears the boots to correct the drop foot while not in therapy, and is starting to be able to move around in the bed a little more without as much help as earlier, so she is still making progress.
All the food is much better at Vista Ridge now that it is-- well, food and not pureed. She continues to enjoy visitors and her depression seems more at bay, particularly now that she is eating. Still working hard in therapy, but no other real "breakthroughs" on that end; just continued hard work.
By the way, we did take her that Blizzard last Friday. I figured she'd eat about 5 bites. Instead, she ate about 1/3 of it and dug out all the chunks of banana and other stuff. This was after she had eaten supper (1/2 barbeque sandwich and french fries)!
This was a busy week for us, with meetings Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, so we didn't get to see her much. Next week should be a little slower...
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Hello There Ricky; Just a short note to say,"We're so glad to have received this great news concerning your Mom's improvement!" I say "we" because I copied and pasted your update and sent it to Nelda Jo---She will be THRILLED!!!
Hello There To You, too, La Vera. Hang in there Honey as it appears that better days are ahead ! Hello There Richard E. Take care on this weekends trip to and from Big Spring ! God Bless You All!!! Ol' Floyd E.--PS-- My Blog is;
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Hey, Nubbin, high heel shoes, no less. You must look very lovely and feel really glamorous!! No news could be better than hearing of your progress!! GOD is good, and hears our prayers, of which there are many! I'm sure that the therapy is very hard and tiring, but those therapists know best, and I know that you give it all your best, as you have done with all things in your life. I love you, I treasure the friendship that we have shared for most of our lives. Remember the trip in the torrential rain storm to Big Spring that night that our poor parents had to drive us there for us to sing on the radio??? Another of my sweet memories of our girlhood together. I love you so dearly, pray for you every day & night. Give love to Dick, and both of you stay strong. Your forever friend, Nelda Jo
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