Friday Morning

Good Morning Everyone,

We are off to Nashville for an overnight trip so thought I would post before I left. I visited with Mom for a bit yesterday. I must say it is so difficult to see her struggle so much to do things like dress herself, put ear rings in her ears. The desire to rush in and do it for her is hard to resist at times as I know she needs to do it herself. But I have to stop and think about where she was two months ago and remember the terriffying fear we had standing by her bed not knowing what was wrong with her as the disease worked its way to her face. So I am thankful for the tremendous progress she has made and try to find joy in the little things such as when she almost threw herself onto the rehab table to prove to the lady she could do it herself. The girl had said she would have to be able to transition independently to do the therapy. Mom is not going to let anything get in her way of getting aqua therapy. She also has been faithfully doing all the exercises Jeanne sent her to do as well as the ones she had at HealthSOuth. I told her not to do so much in one day as that makes the pain bad as well as gets her stomach in an uproar. I suggested she switch off every day. One day do Jeanne's and the next do the others. She was spending almost 2 hours doing them and that is a bit too much for her right now. Anyway, keep on praying and keep calling as she loves to talk to every one.

Deb