Friday was a good day for Shar. She ate breakfast, lunch and dinner and even worked on using her left hand to feed herself. She had OT and PT and they got her out of bed and into a chair using a lift. She sat in the chair for a good amount of time before the nursing staff moved her back to bed. She was able to shuffle her feet a little bit. The ongoing issue with her getting around is that she can't lift more than 5 lbs on her left side because the pacemaker needs time to heal. And since her right side is what was impacted by the stroke, she doesn't have control or strength in her right hand. This makes her using a walker a very big challenge.
Mindy came down for the weekend after moving some of her patients off Friday afternoon. Mindy took care of the dinner feeding and was grilling mom with neuro questions. Shar has surprinsgly good comprehension and is able to read. Her real struggle is that she can think of the words in her head but can't verbalize them. At times, completely random words come out and she gets frustrated with herself. She sometime says "no, no, no" when the wrong word comes out. But we are thankful that she continues to make progress each day.
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