Back at home

20 August.  At 8:30 am I hear some noises through the intercom and go down to see what was up.  Sela just said "I'm wet all over" or as we say "Estoy empapada"!  To make this shorter, she had gotten up and gone to the bathroom WITHOUT the boot (she can't bend the foot where the graft is) and could not find any more pampers (right next to the toilet where they always are)... went back to bed and the rest you can imagine.  And I just looked at Roberto and he said... I was watching her and she seemed OK...  Men!!!!!  So after three loads of washing, all sheets, blankets, bed covers, mattress covers, etc... undressing, bathing, dressing, dressing the bandage of the thigh, all wet too...  Off to breakfast, this is about 10 am now, and then to the living room to watch Sunday mass.  She watched until after the sermon, the rest, the angels that surrounded her and Otto watched it -I heard it from far away as I re-made beds and picked up her room.

She had almost NO pain at lunch (2pm) so no narcotics this afternoon.  After lunch, she went to the bathroom, and then to bed for a nap with Otto.

If I have not answered your calls, emails/texts, etc... is because my hands are full today.  Roberto, after breakfast went to the grocery store to buy some chicken he's cooking tonight.  Then he called back to say he was tired and was going to take a nap at his house and will bring the food later this evening. 

I think all in all, my mother is now on the way to recovery.  God and the Archangels willing, the implant will take and her foot will be healed.  I have to be careful the back of her ankles don't get sores -we're already dealing with one on her back.  The nurse may come tomorrow, the assistant may come to bathe her, and Social Services are interviewing me for additional help.  For soon enough Medicare will quit paying for the nurse and assistant, and SS gives me 80 hours in a period of 3 months for free of assistance.  Let's see what that assistance is all about.

Sela's blood pressure went down now at 120/60 and she looks nice and rosy.  Her appetite is back and even though she's a bit incoherent with the narcotics and comes out with the weirdest comments, she's doing all right.  Thank you for your concern for her, your prayers and messages.