The Day At Shirley's

Today was spent mostly at Shirley's house. Mom was already there when I got there. Shirley was in bed. She had a rough night. Up all night going potty. But I guess the good news is that she did go potty. That's very important right now. Unfortunately it wiped her out. She got up around 11:30. When she came out of her bedroom I was standing at the end of the hall. She looked at me with the oddest look like "who are you". And then it registered. I got a little smile out of her. She was up for about 5 minutes to take some medicine and then went back to bed. Shortly after that a hospice nurse arrived. She gave Shirley a thorough check up and was very nice. She even offered to send someone to give Shirley a massage. Shirley seemed to like that. So hopefully that will happen. After the nurse left, Shirley went back to bed.

Kathy showed up at lunch time and by then Mike was home from work. Mom left after that to do some errands. We sat around and talked for a few hours. Shirley never really got up anymore. She was very nauseated and just not feeling good. Tommy stopped by for a few minutes to check in on her.

Shortly after that Kathy and I left for the day. It was hard to leave knowing she had not eaten anything or hardly drank anything. We kissed her goodbye and told her we would be back in the morning. Bedroom furniture is supposed to be delivered in the morning, so we will spend the day getting Shirley's room in order.

Mike did say this evening she ate a little bit of applesauce. I'm not sure that makes me feel any better. But it is something. Let's just hope and pray for a better day tomorrow. She seems to be getting worse every day. Will she bounce back a little, I have no idea. We will just pray for comfort and peace for Shirley.

Teresa