August 11th

Happy Monday. Well, the day is almost here. We are in the final count down and gathering all the information in order to be able to bring Mom home tomorrow. As soon as the Social Worker gets in I will get all the details and the calls will begin to secure nursing and therapy specialist for home care.

Our main concern with this is now up to Mom. If she will accept the fact that she cannot perform duties like she once did we should be alright. However, she often forgets or just plan ignores advice and likes to get up and move around. She appears to be much stronger but still requires the use of a walker or at times a wheel chair. We had to make a few minor adjustments to the house which I am sure she will be against but she is going to have to make some concessions. Hopefully she will be agreeable since it is what we need to do in order to get her home.

I think at this point acceptance seems to be the biggest issue. I believe we will be able to regulate her meds and she will be able to have a decent quality of life if she would just accept to herself that a few changes will have to be made.

It has been two months now since the ordeal began. Her deterioration has been rapid to say the least but hopefully we are on the mend. Although we are grateful for the care she has received we will not miss the Commons Rehab Facility. There have been ups and downs but mostly the people there have been great. Our lives have taken some major turns and all the drives downtown and early mornings have taken their toll on us all. However we are glad that we have been able to be there for Mom and I know that she will, in the near future, be able to understand how all of this has been necessary to her long term recovery. We are all a bit frightened about her coming home but hopefully we will be able to make the arrangements needed to have around the clock care. Her safety is our main concern. As mentioned above, acceptance on her behalf is key.

Once we get her home and settled I believe that visitors will be encouraged. She seems to brighten when other people are around. We also have a wonderful church community which will provide meals for a few weeks and plenty of us will help out helping around the house and cleaning etc.

I will try and provide another update on Wednesday. In the meantime wish us well and keep the prayers coming. God bless you all.