Wednesday, Dec. 28

Up at 7:30 with the intention of doing a treadmill session after breakfast, but it didn't work out. I suggested Mother get ready to go to her house as soon as she finished her breakfast, which she did. Hubbie escorted her.

After that, we decided that Hubbie should take one of the intercoms to Mother's house. We found that the set didn't work anymore, though. They had been working right up to today, but when electronics quit, they just quit all of a sudden. So we knew we needed to shop for a new set.

Then I decided I should set my old cell phone to speed dial my new cell phone, so that Mother could have the old one to contact either Hubbie or me in an emergency. But the battery on the old cell was down, so I put it on the charger.

I gathered various items belonging to Mother, which Hubbie took to her house. I was still in my exercise clothes, but the morning was fast ebbing away. At 10 a.m., the head nurse for home medical services came to evaluate Mother again. She visited her at her house, then came to our house to discuss Mother's progress.

She feels Mother has made a lot of progress, but she would like for us to clear everything out of the hallway that could impede Mother's progress to the bathroom and bedroom.

She watched her get into and out of bed, and said she did this very well (though tonight, she decided to sleep on her couch instead of in bed). When she saw that Mother had a cup of coffee on the table beside her chair, she asked how she had transported the cup from the kitchen. Mother told her she'd used her walker, but later, Hubbie said he'd seen her heat a cup of coffee, and her walker was still in the living room.

This was a matter of concern to the nurse, who wants Mother to use her walker, since she is so wobbly. I figure she won't, though, so I asked Hubbie to take her cane to her. At least she'll have that much support (if she'll use it).

The nurse spent a lot of time counseling us about Mother, and listening to our concerns, because this week is the last week of therapy for Mother. From now on, Mother will need to exercise on her own initiative (which she isn't inclined to do).

Around 11:30, the occupational therapist called, and I told her Mother was at her own house. So she visited her there. I don't know what transpired.

I fixed Mother's lunch, which Hubbie took to her, then I decided to start a pot of vegetable soup for supper. But I discovered I didn't have carrots, so Hubbie went to the closest grocery store. While he was gone, I discovered I needed canned diced tomatoes, so I tried to call him. He hadn't turned his cell phone on.

At this point, I gave up on an exercise session, and went upstairs to get dressed. After lunch, Hubbie and I ran errands...first to the store that has a sale every weekend to order an on-sale tablecloth to replace the one Hubbie ruined with Gorilla glue.

From there, we went to an electronics store to buy a new set of intercoms. Then we went to the WDCS for groceries, including the diced tomatoes I needed. Since I knew I couldn't get the soup made in time for supper, I picked up a rotisserie chicken for supper.

Back home, I finished getting the veggie soup ready to simmer. This is a soup that uses leftover veggies accumulated in the freezer.

I also made a pan of macaroni and cheese to go with the rotisserie chicken, and a side of English peas. I sent a microwave dish of the food to Mother.

After supper, I got my old cell phone ready for Mother, and then set up the phone book in my new cell.

Then we watched TV, including our favorite college basketball team as they played to a wide-margin win.