It's Sunday ad IvaLue has been in rehabilitation for several days now and making great progress. She sits up and scoots to the side of the bead when she is ready for a little walk walking or to go to the rest room. Larry reports that she can walk around with just a minor bit of support (holding hands).
Doctors have moved her feeding tube to the stomach instead of intestines (progress) and she has started eating strained food in small quantities. Her last meal was mashed potatoes, pureed beens and steak. She is swallowing well which was a huge concern just days ago. (Some of us from the Godfrey side have always had a little trouble swallowing and getting food down the wrong tube).
Work on the alphabet and numbers is progressing more slowly. Mom still has clear memory of the cadence and rhythym of talking but the words tend to be jumbled and unintelligible. She has a growing vocabulary. Uh Oh and my nurse are some of the latest utterances.
Doctors have theorized that Mom's irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) may have caused a blot clot to form initially which caused all the current trouble. Apparently the same thing is still possible because the fibrillation continues. Doctors thankfully are now able to administer blood thinning drugs to lessen the chance for another clot because the former swelling/ bleeding in the brain has diminished.
Almost forgot to mention the exercise bike. Mom rides an exercise bike twice a day for 5 minutes, which I dare say is more than the rest of us.
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