July 29

Mom continues to be dumbfounded that her body doesn't follow the commands from her brain. The example she gave to me is that she can't process the fact that she can't jump out of bed to adjust her window blinds. One leg seems to be coming along better than the other. She has pretty good mobility with her arms and has a decent level of fine motor skills with her hands. It's her legs that are the worst and, coincidentally, the hardest to bring back.

They discovered that she has a touch of pneumonia. She is being treated with an IV antibiotic along with a very small dose of fluids. She still has MRSA (sp?) this is the short form of a really long name of a bacteria that is very resistant to antibiotics. She developed this at McLaren over a month ago. All this means is that you need to wash up when you visit her and that hospital staff take extra precautions around her by wearing gowns and gloves so as to not spread the bacteria to other patients.

She also is mysteriously nauseous frequently. She didn't tell the hospital staff for days but did finally tell them yesterday after my urging. She obviously needs to get the proper nutrients in order to build her strength.

We are having a family meeting with the discharge nurse this Tuesday at 1 pm. I am amazed that they'll have a discharge date for her already.

I visited her yesterday for a few hours then left when Dad arrived. I will visit her tonight for an hour or less at the kids bedtime. I'll go back on Tuesday to visit her.