A world of difference

I took the kids to see Lisa today at the nursing home, Karen had gotten there just a few minutes before us. Lisa had the call button on for a while so Karen took her to the bathroom...too late. All the accidents she has been having are due to the UTI. She is in isolation. For precautionary reasons, they moved her room mate out of her room and Lisa has all kinds of gloves, plastic containers and such in her room. She apparently is contagious. She is on the highest dosage of the strongest antibiotic there is. She was resistant to the antibiotic they gave her first in the hospital. This one is 500mg 3 or 4 times a day! YIKES!

She is so very cute. She is soooo happy, so talkative and so stinkin cute! She is joking and is constantly smiling. It is a sight to see! The CNA's are glad to see her this way, they have commented how sweet she is and how good it is to see her smile. I don't recall her being this way since before her surgeries. She is just so jubilant! If that makes sense.

Karen had a long talk with Joe, the nurse. Lisa needs to drink her water. The sugar/sweeteners in the pepsi is not good for her, bacteria love sugar and feeds off of it. Water flushes everything out. Karen told Lisa that for every DP she drinks, she needs to drink at least 1 bottle of water, and 2 would be better. We told her that the more water she drinks, she will get to go home sooner. She was all about that! Don't know if that went in one ear and out the other though. Karen left and told Lisa to call her when she was finished with her bottle of water. She was drinking it though when I stayed with her for a little longer.

She watched Animal Planet with the kids. She wanted hugs and kisses from each one of them...Michele is the most reluctant. She is not the affectionate one and it kills her to give a hug, but she does and when Lisa asks her for a kiss, she will, the funny part is, when Lisa plants a kiss on her, she turns away and wipes it off. Funny!

Lisa and Karla 1970

We are planning something special for Lisa for when she gets to her apartment. We will be letting everyone know once we get all the details. Lisa is beaming from ear to ear. FINALLY! I just pray it lasts!