A couple of crazy hectic days behind me. I sleep at moms last night for the second night and slept pretty well. Had coffee with her then I had to get moving to work. Yesterday I needed to research beds for her, go to my palliative care meeting, go to Dr.Maleks on behalf of her, go to drug store for her and do her banking and then come back and discuss it all with her before I went home to have dinner and get some supper before running off to school and then coming back to her place . When I came back from running around mid-afternoon she first decided on the bed she wanted, got that ordered. Went over some of the results and pushed her to make appointment with Dr. Ross to get the broncoscopy done. Dr. Malek seems to feel that she might have cancer. Due to her hemoglobin being at 91 when it should be abut 130, for no reason. Her progressive weakness, respiratory troubles, pains in her back and the spot on her extras. So sad for sure. She had a rough day yesterday, looked weak, lots of coughing and some emotional breakdown/breakthrough with the frustration and sadness of her situation, we were both pretty tired last night. I curled up in my corner, pretty cozy actually. Night temperature with a slight coolness coming from the door and I put some more padding on my mattress. I'm quite comfortable. I woke up in the night, not sure from what so I looked in the chair and no Mom, so I looked in the bed, no Mom. Went back to the chair, thought I had missed her in the dark but, no. Finally I called for her and she was in the dark bathroom, lit only by a night light. Not sure if she didn't hear me padding around looking for her but we had a laugh anyhow. She looked better today, said she was bored even. My daughters were in to see her for a bit and a friend from the retirement home dropped in as well. My brother is coming in tonight for 4 nights to help move the sofa out to make room for the bed and spend some time with Mom. I actually am looking forward to getting back to her place next week. I always said I wanted my own place, it's not quite that but it's where I need to be right now. We've decided that my daughter Racheal will spend each Wednesday night there so somehow we're going to make it all work. My dear friend dropped off a wheelchair today for my Mom to use. It looks brand new and I am off to a meeting tonight. I am grateful to have such dear people in my life.
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