Sneaky...

Last night they moved mom to another room that is closer to the nurses' station. Apparently mom sneaks out of her bed to go to the bathroom or just walk around. She is tired of staying in bed. She was very anxious to get to the rehab place anyway. I think it was because hospital means you're sick and rehab means you're getting better. So now she thinks she can get up and do what she wants. And because the nurses don't want her to fall and hurt herself, they put an alarm on her bed so that any time she gets out of it, they will know. This is the mom I know!

My mom has never had a good memory. I told someone last night that her memory is usually at 75% and now she is working on 75% of what she already had. She's much better at multiple choice. Part of her therapy is speech and memory. They ask her a lot of open-ended questions. She hates for people to ask her the same questions over and over. So when I saw her last night, I asked her what she did in therapy. She curled her lip and wrinkled her nose. They asked her a lot of questions.

Today, I'm tired and cranky (a Starbucks morning w/ extra espresso). I went to the chiroractor after work yesterday. Usually I go straight home and lie down in the floor to rest my back. I didn't get to do that. So today I'm hurting more than before. I stopped to see mom - got there around 6 and left around 7 p.m. Then I stopped to get something to eat which took forever. When I got home around 7:45, I changed clothes and sat down and took a bite of my chicken. The phone rang...I let the machine get it. It was our neighbor: "Kim, I saw you pull into the driveway. How's your mother?" They wait till they see my car and then call. Then a friend called me on my cell phone - I vented to her. My sister called while I was on the phone. Before calling her back, I called the neighbor back. Another friend called my cell during that conversation. So then I called my sister. I finally got off the phone at 9:30...then someone else called at 9:45. I think I will let all calls for my mom go to the machine and then call them back on my lunch break the next day. This is crazy!