Mom holds court.

The never ending trail of well wishers, helpers, family, friends, pets, and care givers continued today. I am blown away by the love she receives all day, every day. Foot rubs, food, photographs of bygone days, and stories of love, music and joy all filter through.

She's resting now after a small breakthrough pain issue before bed time. I think she waited a little too long between advil doses and her arthritis is flaring up. I talked to Tony at hospice about her pain management because she felt today was particularly bad. From what I saw she had a medium day on the pain scale that was perhaps compounded by a couple of missteps of dosage times. She was very out of it from doubling up on her patches for a good portion of the afternoon. I don't mind her resting, but think that people that don't know that she is rolling her eyes back because of the meds might have think she was worse off than she is. On the good side, her appetite seems pretty darn strong. I got here around noon and found her, Di, and Connie Hume eating salad soup. She finished that and a couple of hours later I made her salad wraps with some of that nifty rice paper stuff. Then a couple hours after that she ate a large bowl of rice and stir fried veggies, followed by some yogurt and blueberries. Not bad for an afternoon. I haven't heard her talk too much about nausea so that's promising.

Joanne came to visit today and has been a great help. I feel bad that Mom has been so out of it so far, but i feel like tomorrow will be better. She just needs a solid night without any prolonged pain attacks.