Wow, what a difference a couple of days makes. I wasn't able to get up to see mom last night, so as I mentioned earlier, Jason was up to see her. When I went up tonight she was up and standing outside her room door. When her security staff saw me, they pointed me out to her, she turned around and saw me and started to cry, saying, "I missed you, I missed you!!!"
We had a wonderful visit tonight. She was chatty, smiling, laughing, making more sense than she has in a long time. It was good to see. I guess that's two days in a row, now. Jason said she was pretty much the same way last night. I guess she ate all of her supper tonight, she and I had a tea together, I convinced her she's far more attractive with her teeth in her mouth (although I'm thinking they're a mite uncomfortable because she's lost quite a bit of weight - yes, even in her mouth), and she was more alert tonight than I've seen her in a while.
Hmmm, I'm wondering if it's a small improvement...perhaps she's finally responding to the thyroid treatment. The one thing I won't do is get my hopes up too much, yet. She's still got quite a long road ahead of her, considering her INR was 10 when she was admitted; her thyroid level was over 25 (the normal person's is .5 to 0.5) and she was pretty messed up. Her INR is normal and stable now (and should remain somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5 - yours and mine is, on average 1)...thankfully, her fluid retention appears to be under control...finally; and perhaps this is the VERY tiny victory I'll take for today!
Anyway, I will bid you adieu for today and will fill you in when I see Mom again tomorrow...thanks again for stopping by...
Love,
Me
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