My Mom has made significant improvements since her husband passed, almost 8 months ago. She used to get up and sit on her chair for hours singing her favorite ballads. Lately she has been getting dressed, doing her hair, make up putting on her sneakers and getting her purse. She will stand in front of you like...well, where are we going today???
I am not sure if it is the stress that went away, the warmer weather, the walking, the nutrition changes we made (cutting sugar and complex carbs)? If you ask her she will say "its easy now - no stress. Every once in a while, like when I am doing her toes - I will make a comment about what they looked like when I arrived. I will say, nobody took care of you or your feet. She would seem to know who "nobody" was. Its strange. Sometimes she pretends he's still alive she will say the man is coming home, or the man won't like that. But I think thats her way of getting her way (leaving somewhere she doesn't want to be or nervous about changes we are making).
Either way - she loves her live in caretaker - she loves my husband and I and "her babies". She is getting to know my granddaughter on site - she sees us all so much more now. She is very pleasant and happy, I couldn't be happier about how she is doing. Her new doctor at Sparkle Health is wonderful. I am a little nervous about spending her $$ on this. But that is for another day!
She is getting restless - better go get dressed and figure out where to go walk on this 100 degree day! The mall I think!
