UPDATE ON MUM.

30/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 30TH MARCH 2007. ANOTHER GOOD DAY FOR MUM ALTHOUGH SHE WAS VERY TIRED THIS EVENING AND FEELING NOT QUITE RIGHT. FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS SHE HAS BEEN FINDING IT HARDER TO DO THE THINGS WHICH SHE LIKES TO DO HERSELF - WASHING, GOING TO THE TOILET, GETTING IN AND OUT OF BED ETC - AND HAS BEEN RINGING HER BELL FOR ASSISTANCE. SHE RESENTS THIS FURTHER DECLINE IN HER ABILITIES AND OCCASIONALLY TEARS REVEAL HER FRUSTRATION. BUT THEN SHE SMILES AND AGREES THAT SHE CAN’T EXPECT IMPROVEMENTS BUT THIS MUST BE THE WAY HER LIFE IS NOW.

SHE IS ALWAYS THANKFUL TO SETTLE INTO BED AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH THE THINGS SHE NEEDS IN THE NIGHT IN THEIR PRECISE POSITION ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE.  ONE OF THESE IS A RED GLASS WITH TWO DISSOLVED CO-CODOMOLS IN IT - A RED GLASS SO THAT HER FAILING EYES CAN PICK IT OUT FROM THE GLASS OF MILK AND GLASS OF WATER WHICH ARE ALSO ON THE TABLE. IF SHE AWAKENS IN THE NIGHT THE CO-CODOMOLS SEEM TO SETTLE HER AGAIN INTO A PROPER SLEEP.

DESPITE THE OCCASIONAL MOMENTS OF FRUSTRATION SHE REMAINS HER OLD SELF AND BRIGHTENS EVERYONE WITH HER SMILES. THE STAFF LOVE HER AND CAN’T DO ENOUGH FOR HER.

TONIGHT SHE SEND HER LOVE TO YOU ALL AS USUAL,

AND SO DO I,

TED.

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