A new year

We have been a bit MIA lately...still busy with taking care of Lisa, just not as busy with that. Lisa is requiring less help from us, her sisters. She is almost on her own when it comes to basic needs. She no longer needs help with getting out of bed, or toileting or things of that nature. She is back to her old self. We are both happy and find it a bit challenging at the same time. She has her ways and her thoughts about things. She does what she wants and to heck with what anyone thinks about it....that is the challenging part.
Today, Karen went to her apt and she is eating herself out of house and home. She is totally out of control with her appetite and that is not a good thing. She had lost some weight when she came home from the nursing home about 2 months ago...but these past few days, maybe a week, she seems to think about FOOD, 24/7. She loves her food and she is starting to gain weight, which is not good for her, when she is trying to balance herself and to regain her mobility. She has never been this heavy and she is not as mobile as she once was, so it will not come off as fast. We are trying to figure out why she is so hungry all the time.

She decided to go to Karen's again for New Years Eve and Day, ended up staying New Years Night too. She took a tumble, unfortunately while she was walking from the bathroom back to the living room. But nothing got hurt, accept her pride. She is doing remarkably well. I have a video to share well, several...gotta figure out how to share on this blog though.

Lisa is again doing so many incredible things. I didn't know whether she would be able to do many of the tasks she used to, but she is trying. She has her moments about being the way she is now, but, we keep reminding her about how far she has come, and how lucky she is that she is not worse. She could be much worse! In a way, it is a reminder to us too.

To fully understand that she is back to the old Lisa, is to remember all the little quirks she has about herself. Yep, she's back!!!!!! All those things that we forgot about, that we wished she would be able to do again, guess what? She is who she is, and we, are who we are...and yes, to say she is back is an understatement...we just need to remember that this is what we wanted all along, and now it is our turn to accept it:)