Subject: Re: 1poormom
Yeah, she's still there. Bed-ridden, and unable to speak (except a few words like "yes" and "no", but little else intelligible). She actually has eaten a bit over the past few days, which surprised everyone. Not a lot, and slowly, but some pureed food. They also give her thickened water, and she's taking that too. So far no significant aspiration. She isn't expected to recover, but there is the possibility. So they offer her food and water, and give her morphine if she starts wailing (which she does if they move her). If she does recover, she will probably be in a wheelchair. But one thing at a time.

Given the rapidity of her moves from IL, to AL, to MC, I've sort of been prepared. Her rapid decline made it obvious that she was slipping away. In some ways, she already left even if her body is still breathing. There were good days where she would remember me, and bad days where she wouldn't (and sometimes, even if she remembered me, her sentences would make no sense at all). After the stroke, there are times she appears to know me, and other times there is no recognition in her eyes.