Today Mom and Sherrie went for manicures and pedicures. This is something else we have been talking about doing since her stroke in January. She really deserves it after all the hard work she has done over the last few months.
Wish I was there too!!
Doesn’t Mom look good!
For Mother’s Day mom got one thing she has been asking for since she got home. A BATH. She has wanted to just sit and soak. So on Saturday night Sherrie and Dad made it happen.
Between the 2 of them they were able to get her wheelchair up the stairs at Sherries house and she got her bath.
It wasn’t easy and she said it was a little weird and she didn’t feel all that stable but it was worth it.
Then Sunday Sherrie and her family and Randy and Leslie got together with Mom and Dad for a nice dinner.
Here she is on the phone with me telling me about her bath, Leslie and Randy and some of the yummy treats they had.
Mom- we all love you and want to say again how proud we are of you. Of your courage and strength, your will to fight, and what an example you are.
WE LOVE YOU!!!
Happy Birthday Mom!!! (and Karon- her twin sister)
We couldn’t let this day go by without letting Mom know how much we love and admire her. We are so glad you are here today to celebrate another year with us. We hope it is the best one yet!!
Tonight she is celebrating with a trip out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. She has been wanting ribs for SO long. I think she was even talking about them while she was still in the hospital.
This poor little blog has been kind of neglected lately. Life has settled into a kind of routine now, and mom is still making progress, but it is slower and harder to document.
She is getting much stronger and needs less help with her transfers, and standing up.
Out patient therapy continues 2 times a week. She goes on Thursdays to Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy and every other Tuesday she has Speech Therapy.
Last week she spent the day with Karon and they went out to lunch and ran a bunch of errands. It was nice to be out doing “normal” things. She is starting to crave the “normal” things she use to do.
She is also getting her computer back up and running. She has been asking for this since she got home from the hospital. She still has a hard time with reading and the computer is harder than a paper to read, so it will be slow going, but once she has her inbox cleared out(she has over 500 emails), we will let you know when she is ready for emails.
Her latest toy is a Hemi Walker. Below is a video of her showing off her new skills with it. She is a little tired in the video, this was the second time she had walked. The first is so awesome, but Sherrie recorded it on her new phone and it came out upside down, so it is too hard to watch. So being a trooper mom walked again for us. This is it:
