Hangin with PG

Got a call from the assisted living last night...did you all have a nice visit with PG? They said that she was yelling to them to help her with the grandkids.

Boobies

I have a dilemma...

I'll start from the beginning. PG had gotten so confused at one point this year and one of the results was that when she wore her bra (padded), it was coming out the top of her blouse because her boobs weren't in the cups--they were just swinging low. It was kinda funny at the doctor's office when I noticed it and I was trying to stuff her boobs back in the bra before the doctor noticed. Anyway, when she was in the nursing home a couple of months ago after her hip surgery, the occupational therapist told me that it's much easier for elderly or disabled people to pull on a sports bra than a traditional bra. What a great idea and it makes so much sense--no hooks to mess with and no cups to deal with. So I bought her a whole bunch of sports bras and she's been wearing them. Here recently, however, she has been mentally much clearer, and "tries" to put on make-up and is more concerned about her appearance. She is asking if I still have her old bras (no, I gave them to DI), and she wants them because they make her "look better". She has VERY limited use of her left hand, and it would be so hard for her to work the hooks, but I'm sure an aide would help her. So, I have gone out an bought a couple of new bras, but I haven't given them to her yet. I keep having flash backs to this summer when her bra kept coming up out of her blouse--it happened all the time. But I guess no one will really notice in the alzheimer's unit, so what the heck.

I know! I'll have SSIL take them to her and she can tell him what a good shopper he is--problem solved.

So Far So Good

For the past two weeks or so, Pink G has been doing pretty well mentally. Well, except that the wall sucked the TV remote control out of her hand and slammed it against the wall and broke it:)

She's actually been putting on make-up lately. She's still receiving physical therapy. She will probably not walk much again, but as the physical therapist explains, she has gotten a lot stronger and if she didn't get physical therapy, she'd just be laying in bed wasting away.