Mom's Birthday Party...

We decided to have a small party seeing my nephews and Rachelle were sick and could not make it. Tom and I got twenty-four cupcakes, flowers and balloons. Greg, Kristofer, Tom and I went to  surprise Mom and have a party for her. Mom was laying down when we arrived for her party, and  so happy to see us. We took her in the nice dining room, and a couple of nurses came in to wish Mom a Happy Birthday.

 Tom and I stopped in at  Chick-In for a strawberry shake and ham and cheese sandwich. She did not like the shake and had a few bites of her sandwich. She then looked at her cupcake and did not even take a bite of that. Everyone knows how she loves her sweets. Greg went and got her a coke, but she still felt sick to her tummy and had such a bad tummy ache. Thank goodness Kristofer was there to express what he thought could be wrong, and he thought she had not gone  potty for a couple of days and needed some meds to help her.

Poor thing food was making her feel sick even on her birthday party.

Cupcake for Mom and cupcakes for everyone... Yummy..yummy......!

Flowers, balloon, and the birthday girl.. 88years old... what a Diva!

Mom loves her coke... she says in Armenian very delicious...

 She expressed many times to me that she was scared and did not want me to leave. I told her that I would not leave her until she felt better. We took her back to her room and had her rest, and the nurse gave her something for her  upset tummy and meds. to help her go to the bathroom. Today was to be a happy day and a wonderful celebration for Mom but not this year.....yes we are still so blessed to have her.......

Getting Mom to Eat... So Hard!

We couldn't wait to see Mom today and Tom and I decided to take her a warm sandwich from a new restaurant in Plymouth called Penn Station. I heard from my dear friend Jackie that she knew the owners and they had great sandwiches. Each time we go and see Mom everyone there is telling us, and we all see that she is not eating. She is constantly getting skinnier and skinnier.  When we got there in the early part of the afternoon she was doing some exercises, learning how to get out of her wheel chair and do some walking on her own. She was very wobbly and weak. The physical therapist told us to take her and see if she will eat.

 Tom trying to make Mom eat, and she was so happy to see us both.

Mom wanted Coke, but Tom got her this for her upset tummy. She loved drinking this.

 After a few bites of the sandwich , Mom felt sick in her tummy.

 Not enjoying any of the bites of her sandwich.

She thought she liked the taste of the lemon-aide but after two sips no way....

The food smelled really good and she did have a few sips of the fresh squeezed lemon-aide but when she took a bite of her sandwich it quickly made her feel sick. She felt so sick I had to get her something in case she did throw up. I realized maybe I should not have gotten such a rich sandwich that was kind of heavy to eating.  It was a Philly Steak Sandwich with a little pizza sauce on it.

We took her back to exercise but she said she would rather go and watch other people exercise. The physical therapist explained to us what questions she wanted us to ask the orthopedic doctor on Monday regarding Mom's shoulder. She also expressed to us that they were going to continue working with her for awhile longer until she gets a little stronger in her shoulder and arm. We were pleased with her decision.

I also talked to Dr. M. today regarding going out on Sunday to celebrate Mom's 88th birthday party and he told us there would not be any problem. The only problem I thought was her not eating..... so sad.  Tom and I left  watching her exercising, feeling sad for Mom and wondering what more could we do for her... 

What a Surprise for Mom!

After breakfast we went to visit Mom and was she glad to see Tom, Kristofer and me. She was sitting in her wheel chair at the nurses station. It was sad to see her a lone but she was so happy to see us . Mom had this huge smile and thought it was so nice for us to come and visit her today.

Mom must have spilled something on her pants and it was really bugging her so Kristofer wheeled her to her room and I put a clean pair of jogging pants on her. Mom was so happy that I changed her. Yes.. she did have her diapers on and seeing her with those on breaks my heart. I am surprised it doesn't bother her because in ways I think she does not realized she has them on. I am hoping that when she gets back to AH we can get her out of the diapers. Kristofer is more concerned of her being in the wheel chair so much and she will want to stay in one. I pray that God gives her strength to deal with whatever she has to deal with at that time when it comes for her to go back to American House.

We took her out of her room, and wheeled her to the dining room. Kristofer brought her a blueberry turnover, and Tom got her a cup of coffee from the kitchen. She was like a little girl with these treats. She did drink her coffee and ate half of the turnover. We have been noticing she has lost some weight and we are doing everything to get her to put some weight back on.  We played a couple of games, and then my brother, Rachelle Tony, and Ethan walked in to see Mom. Rachelle brought her nail polish to do Mom's nails again. Rachelle is such a sweetie to all of us. The boys are such great boys and they give Mom the love she needs all the time they see her. Tony shared with us one of his movies he had made, and Mom got a kick out of seeing his movie. Ethan had put the Lion's game on for Mom because he knows  Mom loves her sports. Greg got Mom a coke, and she was so happy seeing all of us.

Here is Tony and Mom wanted their  picture taken. Look how cute they both are!

 Greg took Mom's nail polish off and now Rachelle is painting her nails again.

 Ethan put the Lion's Game on for Mom, and he just told us the score.

 Tony is putting Kristofer in his movie. Kristofer is being a good sport.

 Mom loves the attention that Rachelle always gives to her.

 Here we were trying to play a board game with Mom. She was not into it... had no idea what we were doing. At least we tried.

 Half the time she had no idea what we were talking about but somehow she would get into the conversation even though we had no idea what she was talking about. It may have been a cold, and gloomy Sunday but there was a lot of love and happy times being shared  with Mom today.

Do You Know Who Judge Joe is?

It was a very gloomy, and cold Friday and Tom and I got Mom's clean clothes ready at home to take back with us to the nursing home. We bought some doughnuts and cider for all the nurses, doctors, and therapists. I even brought a doughnut for mom. When we got there she was in her pj's and her lunch had been untouched. Tom got her bed up for her to sit comfortable to eat. I had just talked to her doctor before we walked in, and Dr. M said she was doing well even though she has a broken shoulder bone. He had a blood and urine test done on Mom and everything came out good.

She is not eating, so I told her we had brought her a surprise and Mom loves those surprises. She picked at her food, and drank some of  her coffee. I gave her half of the doughnut and she ate most of the half. People come in and they always talk to Mom to see how she is doing. We noticed today she is using her right arm more, but still complained  of some pain in her shoulder and stiffness in her right hand. After she ate her fish and a little of the rice, I gave her the half of the doughnut. Her eyes got so big when she saw that doughnut.

We got her dirty clothes and I asked if she wanted to get dressed . She wanted to wait for awhile in getting dressed, but I still got her clothes ready in case she changes her mind. Tom and I spent several hours there, and her roommate told us that she was going home tonight. We will miss that sweet lady, and I know Mom had to bug her many nights because Mom stays up so late. God bless that lady for being so patient with Mom through out her time with Mom.

Even though Mom said she was not feeling good today.. she still had that big, beautiful smile.

When Tom put the television on and Mom got so excited.... she said in a very loud voice ... that'  Judge Joe was on television. Tom and I went nuts. Here Mom knew who Judge Joe was and simple every day things she has no idea what they are. Mom started laughing because she felt she that she was  so much  smarter than us  because she knew someone that we did not know...JUDGE JOE!