12/19/11

Grandma was amazing last night! She was using words and communicating again. I was walking around beside her chair and she said "come here". I hadn't heard her speak like this in a long time. She knew what she wanted to communicate. I got up one time and she said, "wait!" I told her Bobby was coming this week after his job and she was trying to say the job keeps him busy. I was SO amazed! It felt good to hear her talking again. She said she didn't know my name but she knew who JESUS and Bobby were. I really hated to leave since she was talking but she was also very tired and sleepy. She said she was ready to go to bed.

December weight

Grandma gained 1.8 pounds and now weighs 74 pounds.

Grandma's Hat

Last night at the nursing home Grandma was a little bit "with it". I had bought a red Christmas hat to take her picture and when Rhea took it off she said "NO!", she wanted it on.

I noticed while she had the hat on she didn't rub her head. One of the nurses there had crocheted her a pink hat so I put that on her and she still didn't try to rub her head. Now I'm wondering if her head has been cold and that's why she rubs it all the time.

The sad thing is Grandma drools all the time now, I hate that for her.

When I was telling her good night she turned to kiss me, what a surprise! I didn't have to ask several times for her to kiss me good-night,she totally caught me off guard. I was so happy she responded to me without being prompted.