The Treadway's

Rita, I can't believe you got by with just ONE egg for breakfast! I told her I was going to have to get me a chicken to lay eggs just for her but I think she would eat them faster than the chicken could lay them.
The nurse and Speech Pathologist came yesterday and she is doing really really good. Her BP is 138/72 and her heart rate was 80, weight was 114 and it has been that since Daddy passed so she is stable with that. And I was looking at her Drivers license (by the way it is due in May!) and her weight on it is 110! So she is just right. The speech path. works not only with her swallowing but memory also and cognitive abilities. He asked her questions about family history such as where she was born(she got that one right), parents name(right), sisters name (some of those she got right, even with both families; he was amazed) she couldn't remember Daddy's name, so he asked her what she called him and she said "Daddy" he laughed and said with that many kids I guess that's why! She couldn't remember any of her kids names except me and Rita and I am sure that's because we are here every day. He encourages a lot of interaction with family; phone calls, visits, cards, send her pictures. He wants me to tape them up in her room. So I showed him her room. Done that already! Except some of you I don't have, but Rita may. I showed her the picture of her with the girls that was taken at Ruth's. she knew who she was and the rest of us were Blanche. She does have a swallowing problem, but he seems to think it is just weak muscles. When she tries to cough it is so weak that she can't even get up saliva. So we are working on that. If she would develop a cold that went straight to her lungs, she would never be strong enough to cough anything up and would develop pneumonia. So that's why that is important. He asked if there was anything she was proud of herself and she said honesty. Then he asked what her mother taught her that she was proud of and that was honesty. He was here for a good hour and a half and she said she liked him better than the Physical therapist! LOL But the first day he was here, after he left she said there wasn't any need for him to come back. I told her he was going to help her swallow better. She laughed and said she already knew how to do that she had been doing it all her life. He thought that was funny too. We have been listening to tapes of Mommy and Daddy and Goldie singing and she likes that. She even sings along.
Gotta run and pay bills before Mommy gets here,
Love to all,
by the way I have Joy's address if anyone wants to send her a card:

Joyce Heater
230 Romano Drive
Salisbury, NC 28146

Rita, I have some sympathy cards I thought I would send one from Mommy if you haven't already. Just let me know.
Trish