Nothing to report, really, but it's been a while. Mom is doing well. She is trying to force herself to eat when she is not hungry and not feeling well. This is a daily struggle and some days fair better than others on this front. We are slowly (too slowly) correcting her medication and getting her onto the meds that Hospice threw away. I really wish they didn't do that. We can't afford to replace all of her medication right now, so we will get what we can when we can and she should be back to normal in a few months. She is awake for more hours during the day, which is an improvement on her old habits. I wish I had somewhere to take her (and the time to do it); I know it would improve her morale to have company. She feels much better now that we've had carpet installed. It's not the best carpet, and she paid way too much, and I tried to warn her. But it's done now and she really thought she did well at the time, so I'm trying not to make her feel bad about her purchase. The house is a disaster from moving everything everywhere else to install the carpeting, but I'm taking it as a good thing - it forces me to re-organize and put everything where it belongs.
No doctors appointments, no specialists, nothing to report. She did have physical therapy for her inner ear issue (that caused her to lose balance very often) and it seems that it helped a great deal, but did not entirely solve the problem. We may need to send her back to PT once more to finish the job.
Generally, she is coherent and awake most of the day. She is trying very hard to keep track of her medications. I bought her a calendar and alarm clock from Amazon, but they sent the wrong stuff (a calendar from 2009 and the dual-alarm clock only lets you set one alarm). She occasionally gets her days confused, but she usually asks before taking any medication. She is still trying.
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