Tree's Thoughts
Frustrations and Elations 2
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I'm probably going to be blogging about Mother a lot so I thought y'all might like to see what she looks like. Here she is with her granddog, Little Bug. (I think she was trying to get him to sing) and she is having a really good day.
When her hands are not paining too much, she can still strum a few chords. Some days she can hold a pen long enough to write a letter or two.
Yesterday we went to the doctor and since moving in with me, her blood pressure is now the lowest that it has ever been. (Mine hasn't gotten up as high as I thought it would either!)
We even got out shopping! This is the first time she has been to a store in over a year. It totally exhausted her but it was a happy exhaustion! Of course this event was full of frustrations too (trying to push a wheelchair and a shopping cart at the same time is no easy task!) but we still had a good time.
I was starting to worry there for a while because I wondered if senility was setting in. Sometimes when I asked her about something, she would give me the weirdest kind of answer and start laughing. Example:
Tree: Mom, would you like me to pick up some wings from KFC?
Mom: Whoo, whoo. Hot, hot, hot.
or:
Tree: Mom, company is coming.
Mom: No meat, no Hubert.
???
THEN I realized that she's just watching too much TV! She was responding with TV Commercials! AND they were perfectly appropriate to the situation. There isn't anything senile about Mom. A little forgetful but quite often still a step or two ahead of everyone else!
When her hands are not paining too much, she can still strum a few chords. Some days she can hold a pen long enough to write a letter or two.
Yesterday we went to the doctor and since moving in with me, her blood pressure is now the lowest that it has ever been. (Mine hasn't gotten up as high as I thought it would either!)
We even got out shopping! This is the first time she has been to a store in over a year. It totally exhausted her but it was a happy exhaustion! Of course this event was full of frustrations too (trying to push a wheelchair and a shopping cart at the same time is no easy task!) but we still had a good time.
I was starting to worry there for a while because I wondered if senility was setting in. Sometimes when I asked her about something, she would give me the weirdest kind of answer and start laughing. Example:
Tree: Mom, would you like me to pick up some wings from KFC?
Mom: Whoo, whoo. Hot, hot, hot.
or:
Tree: Mom, company is coming.
Mom: No meat, no Hubert.
???
THEN I realized that she's just watching too much TV! She was responding with TV Commercials! AND they were perfectly appropriate to the situation. There isn't anything senile about Mom. A little forgetful but quite often still a step or two ahead of everyone else!
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Monica Bertrand. (Starry)
09:46 AM on November 26, 2008
I offer you my deep condolences, my sweet dearest friend, Tree, for the loss of your dear mother. I am so sorry to hear these sad news.
<br>God bless you, Tree, and God bless your mother, who is now in peace in Heaven´s Land.
<br>I am with you, if you need anything, just write to me, I´ll be right there for you, my dear trusted friend, Tree. I am a true friend who cares for you!!
<br>(((Hugs and Love))) STARRY.