Another Day to share with Mom

Today was a pretty good Friday. The majority of the day Mom was quiet with minimum visitors. Mom's symptoms are slightly increasing. She is sleeping more overall. Mom's platelets are dropping.

Today, when Mom was awake she engaged in conversation with a low and weak voice. Mom still shares her witty personality and is directing all how we can better ourselves. Aunt Maxine gave Mom a gift today. Mom was so excited to receive her new bed pal. It is an adorable 3 multi-colored stuffed doggy that is soooo soft to pet. Mom has cuddled it since she received it. She is so cute caressing it. Mom named her new bed companion "Doglet."

Mom did enjoy having Poppie and his sisters (Maxine and Carol), Mike, Cindy, Cuz Jody, Kimmy, my childhood friend Lisa and I for the majority of the morning into the evening. She enjoyed listening to the many stories and engaged in laughter on and off. Unfortunately, Brian came down with a cold Wednesday night. He has not seen Mom yesterday or today. It is sad for all of us. We miss his company. Hopefully, he will be better soon.

The family left around 6pm tonight. Kimmy and I stayed late into the night with Mom as ususal. Selfishly, we are stealing all the time we can with her even though she is sleeping more. All night she was extremely tired and moaning or talking in her sleep. Her pain levels were 1-3. Her vitals all were in the "normal" range throughout the night.

Several Doctors who work in other departments in the hospital stopped in to visit Mom. One of the Oncology Nurses in her unit introduced her husband and 2 year old son to Mom. Mom so enjoys meeting the Nurse's family members. Mom had the Nurse and her husband captivated in conversation for a good 15-20 minutes with her loving and warm personality. Their son was so enjoying the vanilla wafers we had.

Kimmy and I decided to head out since Mom was in a deep sleep around 11:30pm. It is so comforting to leave Mom with the staff on this Oncology floor. They all are so endearing with Mom. Several of them stay with Mom for almost an hour at a time to keep her company.

More to come tomorrow. It is nice to be able to say that for now.

All My Warmth and Love,
Karen