Thursday, July 14, 2005
Mother is still pretty uncomfortable, but she's getting better. Bronwyn said she walked a lot around the house today. She is getting frustrated with not being able to do things for herself, and is pushing to use her hands more, which is good, but tires her. We took a short walk around the front yard just before dinner and she said it exhausted her.
I have arranged for Alesia to go on “outings” with Julie, the younger babysitter, several times next week. I hate that Alesia’s stuck in the house all the time. Elena’s family took her to the pool today for a while, which was good.
Bronwyn is going to stay a little later tomorrow night so I can run by the grocery store on the way home. Mom and Alesia think of new foods they want every 10 minutes.
My friend Suzan is coming over for lunch Saturday with her two kids. It will do Alesia good. Suzan just adopted the little boy, age 9, from Kazakhstan, and he's been home a couple of weeks. She hosted him in a summer program a couple of years ago. He's a lucky boy - he has leg problems and Suzan is going to get him surgery. She's single, too, and her mother is staying to help nurse him afterwards. Her older child Larissa, 17, was adopted at age 11 from the same region. Larissa and Alesia are great friends.
Work is getting hectic. I wish I could go in on a weekend for a few hours, but I can't, with Mom feeling so poorly.
I am glad I brought Mom home from the nursing home, and she's very glad to be home, but I'm really tired.
