Getting better...

I call first thing every morning to check on Mama. This morning they told me that she threw up during the night last night. I was horrified when they told me - thinking how Mama would not know what button to push to call for help! I fretted over how she would have lain there icky and sick for who knows how long!!!! I fretted that she could have aspirated!! I fretted that she was scared!! But...God calmed my fears and my anxiety. I spoke with the Nurse Practioner when I got there today and she told me that they did a chest x-ray and Mama did not aspirate. They are planning to send her home tomorrow or Saturday. If she is not back at the nursing home by Sunday, she will lose her bed there. This would be a terrible thing! Her nursing home is 10 minutes from my house and beds are so hard to find closeby! We could end up with a bed in NC!

So, today, Mama sat up in the chair for a while. She even ate a little pudding and chicken broth for me! She coughed up a bunch of junk (this is a good thing, as she has not been strong enough to cough since the surgery). And guess what else???? Her speech was a LOT better!!! I could understand much of what she was saying today. I am so thankful! I took Caroline with me today and Mama told the nurse (a little slurred) that was her grandbaby.

Thank you again for all of your prayers!!! Please continue to pray that she will be strong enough to be discharged in the next few days.

I am still encouraged. God is my ROCK. I will cast all my cares on Him!