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The Longest Stroke-Dementia Road To Somewhere Journal
December 5, 2018, Wednesday! Keep Hope Alive!!
Another day on the road to recovery for Mother. Working with her on her therapy and walking. Each morning, I’d walk her for about four or five trips around the house to build up her right leg strength. Do as much as she will tolerate. She gets agitated but when I insist she continues for awhile longer. This is very difficult for her and therefore when she appears not to want to do more I concede, sometimes. My desire is too keep her moving forward in a healthy manner for us all. The sooner she gets well, the sooner she can go home and the sooner we can get back to our lives. It’s been months, now and Mother is truly overdue to go home but completely recovered.
When not up doing walking therapy, she was confined to the wheel chair. I knew she hated this but for her safety this is what I needed to do to ensure she didn’t fall and break a hip or something. If that happened, she could be here for another six months. Soon will graduate her from the wheel chair while television watching to the sofa. Psychologically, I was sure this would give her some normalcy and comfort.
After our usual morning routine inclusive of physical therapy, Mother became agitated for the one hundredth time this morning about going home. I wish I could…
