WORKED
when I got there
TODAY
she was sitting up on the bed
& she said she went to the bathroom twice in the night with the walker
I didn't mention it yesterday, but she called her friend marian & got her all worked up
TEXTING me
CALLING me
when I'm already on the way
& I'm LIKE
not responding
NOT being wound up
& I KNEW today
she had talked to her trainer
& wanted her to come by
"to assemble the foot pedal thing"*
which didn't make any sense
BUT
then she told me LATER that as her trainer was a surgical nurse she could assess whether she needed to go to the hospital
& I'm LIKE
oh no
she's calling in reinforcements
BUT
when she got there
my mom was in the bathroom
SO
I got to talk with her
FIRST
WE
were on the same page
& she totally backed my agenda
SO
MORE walking with the WALKER
I took batteries for her
blood pressure
thing-y**
it was normal
after I made her stand up from the bed
five times
I took her oxygen
& it was 💯
I've never
SEEN
her oxygen go over ninety seven
she was petulant and uncooperative
BUT
she did okay
& we talked about mortality
& the surgery
& while I'm not naive enough to think
she's completely engaged with the
REALITY
of all THAT
she didn't just check out either
I'm not sure
but I think I made progress today
*which she's had for months unused -- the "assembly" turned out to be plugging it in and putting batteries in the remote
**I was afraid she might have low pressure
