A Big Smile

Mom was dozing at the dining room table when I visited today. She opened her eyes and smiled at me. She asked questions: "Did I get the ironing done?" "Do you think I should sweep the floor?" "Are the men sleeping?" To which I answered...yes, no, yes. She ate really well. She wanted me to make cinnamon rolls....cause she said that I make really good ones. HA!...I've never made homemade cinnamon rolls in my life! I wrote on the board: See you tomorrow. She said, "Unless the baby comes." WoW! Yesterday, I wrote on the board all about Tracy having a baby and that I'd be there today unless she had the baby. AND she remembered that!! She wanted to know where I was going. I said that I was going home. She said, "Are you going to go help milk cows?" To which I answered....yes.

The Kind of Day that's Welcomed

after so many difficult days... Mom was sleepy, BUT she ate 3 chicken legs & a little fruit...after I touched her (to wake her)! Then she dozed at the table. I touched her to leave and she shook her head. She shook her head to mean....please leave me alone. While she was eating her chicken legs, I wrote, "I love you." She said very softly, "Me too." Then I wrote, "Jesus loves you." She nodded her head. Yesterday, she was anxious..... Today, she was mellow.

Today I read some disturbing info on statins (for cholesterol reduction). I just Googled: Statins & Memory Loss.....WoW - I didn't know! So what if it's a small percentage......who wants to be in that small number? Reminds me of something I heard years ago. What if there was one seat on the airplane that was going to fall out during the flight? Would you still fly on that airplane, even though the percentage was very low of getting assigned to that one seat? Now there are two things that Mom has been on for years that have been known to cause memory loss. Tell that to medical doctors & you'll get shot down quickly! I verified with the nurse working today at the nursing home that Mom is off the cholesterol meds cause a few months ago the dr. asked my permission to discontinue them. The nurse today said that statins can be very bad and advised not to go on them.