The last time I saw Lisa it was Saturday. I came in to her room this morning and was greeted by Karen, Parker and Lisa. Lisa was a bit grouchy but got better as time went on. PT came in to work with her. They got her into the wheelchair and wheeled her down to the gym. She stood in the prone stander for 10 minutes. She did very well. Her right knee was wanting to collapse on her, but she did stand, bearing weight on both legs. She said that it felt good. She hasn't stood for a very long time. While standing she worked her shoulders and her arms. She had a smile on her face often. I stood in front of her so she could imitate what I was doing. She got sleepy and tried to close her eyes, but that was not an option:))
She did some transfering from chair to an elevated mat and is getting better. She has a hard time moving her left leg, maybe for fear of falling. The PT said that she is seeing improvement. I can see it too, after not seeing her for a few days. We went back to her room and she sat in a chair for lunch. She loved to be able to sit in a regular old chair. She ate well for me, took forever, but she ate most of her food. While she was eating and almost done I asked her if she prays. She looked intently into my eyes and said yes. I asked her about what, she never took her eyes off me and simply said, "to make my head better" I smiled and said, "me too" We then moved on to her pudding.
After that Speech came in and talked to her and asked her lots of questions about simple things. She showed that she knows what people are talking about, but was not able to answer "Wh" questions but 70% of the time. That could be from the stroke, or from her brain not used to working so hard. She tends to say the last thing that you say like...Lisa, do you want chocolate or vanilla pudding...she will say "pudding" So that is something that we can work on with her. She is somewhat delayed in her responses...she does answer quickly though if it is something she knows like, do you want a drink or what is your favorite drink? We all know that answer!
When speech left, we got her to go to the bathroom...She has still had to be straight cathed...but not today! WooHoo! I got excited when she went #1 and told her that my prayer was just answered...she looked at me kinda funny and had a smirk on her face, the aide saw it too. I told Lisa that you can ask for all sorts of things from God, even to go pee and He answered my prayer. If she could of hit me, she would have. But I don't think that crossed her mind...but I was ready for it:) When she was done, we had her stand up and she wanted to lay on her bed for awhile. So Frannie and I helped her up, with little assistance I might add, and Frannie cleared off her bed. Lisa clung to me and took advantage of both of us standing and gave me a big 1 arm hug. So sweet. As I squeezed back, I almost lost my footing, but caught us both from falling over. We then tried to get over to the bed, she was really trying, and I had to tap on her left leg several times to tell her to move that side...finally she did and she sat on the bed. Once she sat down,in relief, she gave me a big smile and said..."Karla, you did a good job!!!!" She was impressed with me. I laughed and told her "no, YOU did a good job!" We got her situated and comfy and she told me 2 more times what a good job I did.
If I am not mistaken, she was either fishing for a compliment or she was happy I didn't drop her...I am thinkin' it was the latter...but any how, I did good today:) And yes, she did too.
Lisa is loving her cards. She likes looking at all of them in her room. Yes, they are all up! She is smiling more and is improving. I wish I could say that this will be easy, but I can't. There is something in this thing that has happened to her...to us...that is to be learned. I don't know what it is, except that I am so thankful, and so grateful to be going through it with her. It could have been much worse! We will get through it, with lots of help from above and with your support. Until tomorrow!
She did some transfering from chair to an elevated mat and is getting better. She has a hard time moving her left leg, maybe for fear of falling. The PT said that she is seeing improvement. I can see it too, after not seeing her for a few days. We went back to her room and she sat in a chair for lunch. She loved to be able to sit in a regular old chair. She ate well for me, took forever, but she ate most of her food. While she was eating and almost done I asked her if she prays. She looked intently into my eyes and said yes. I asked her about what, she never took her eyes off me and simply said, "to make my head better" I smiled and said, "me too" We then moved on to her pudding.
After that Speech came in and talked to her and asked her lots of questions about simple things. She showed that she knows what people are talking about, but was not able to answer "Wh" questions but 70% of the time. That could be from the stroke, or from her brain not used to working so hard. She tends to say the last thing that you say like...Lisa, do you want chocolate or vanilla pudding...she will say "pudding" So that is something that we can work on with her. She is somewhat delayed in her responses...she does answer quickly though if it is something she knows like, do you want a drink or what is your favorite drink? We all know that answer!
When speech left, we got her to go to the bathroom...She has still had to be straight cathed...but not today! WooHoo! I got excited when she went #1 and told her that my prayer was just answered...she looked at me kinda funny and had a smirk on her face, the aide saw it too. I told Lisa that you can ask for all sorts of things from God, even to go pee and He answered my prayer. If she could of hit me, she would have. But I don't think that crossed her mind...but I was ready for it:) When she was done, we had her stand up and she wanted to lay on her bed for awhile. So Frannie and I helped her up, with little assistance I might add, and Frannie cleared off her bed. Lisa clung to me and took advantage of both of us standing and gave me a big 1 arm hug. So sweet. As I squeezed back, I almost lost my footing, but caught us both from falling over. We then tried to get over to the bed, she was really trying, and I had to tap on her left leg several times to tell her to move that side...finally she did and she sat on the bed. Once she sat down,
If I am not mistaken, she was either fishing for a compliment or she was happy I didn't drop her...I am thinkin' it was the latter...but any how, I did good today:) And yes, she did too.
Lisa is loving her cards. She likes looking at all of them in her room. Yes, they are all up! She is smiling more and is improving. I wish I could say that this will be easy, but I can't. There is something in this thing that has happened to her...to us...that is to be learned. I don't know what it is, except that I am so thankful, and so grateful to be going through it with her. It could have been much worse! We will get through it, with lots of help from above and with your support. Until tomorrow!
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