Yipppeeeee - Momu got her hair done today and said it felt great! Now I think I need to work on the makeup situation, she went a bit heavy on the blue eyeshadow, but only on the right eye.
I arrived at 4:00 - both resting in the one small bed but awake. Momu asked where Samantha was - I told her she will be in CT a week from today - she had the day confused but at least remembered Samantha was coming.
I put in a DVD of home movies that Dad took when me and Mark were little (my mom had put the film onto a DVD). No sound (perfect for Momu) but w/in minutes there was alot of laughing going on. I left the DVD in the player and will watch some more tomorrow.
Dinner was served just after 5:00 pm.
I got Popa out of bed to eat dinner, enough of being in bed all day! Dinner smelled really good and they both ate pretty well. Momu got weighed again today and was up to 106. One week ago she was 104. I told her that meant she wasn't getting enough food before and she looked at me and said 'well' like she was thinking it was something else like maybe a liquid diet. In any event, she was happy and said like the food and will take whatever they give her! WOW!
The nurse on duty told me there were a few patients switching up - some leaving, some moving to different unit, etc and thought a double room would be available pretty soon. She also suggested we call the Social Services Director 2-3 times a week until they get placed into the same room.
I left around 5:45 and they were both still eating and in good spirits - well Momu was, Popa still is a bit confused. Today he asked me if it was time to go Downstairs? For the past few days he has asked to go Upstairs, hmmm - just part of the Dimentia. Just like Momu repeating the same thing to me 3-4 times in the short time I was there.
Signing off - I will say the visit was a good one today. But it still SUCKS TO GET OLD.
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