Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Looks good Steve!! You too Vesta :) As I said, We have changed Home Health and I am happy to report, so far, we are very pleased. For one thing, they did what they said they would! That's always a good start. I was very impressed with Physical Therapy. The therapist walked Mommy a few steps and she noticed that one leg was shorter than the other one, thus the reason for her leaning so much. I told Teresa today, that very thing. The L one (the one she broke) is longer than the other one because it is new. The other one is worn, of course, and so it is shorter. She said that could be fixed with nothing more than a prosthesis in the form of a modified shoe! Just to demonstrate, we put a shoe on the R foot and none on the L, and you wouldn't believe the difference it made in her gait. Trish is going to make an appt for a fitting. The PT assistants that will be coming is none other than one of my neighbors who lives on the mountain and another lady who was our neighbor at Danese. Blain is good friends with the lady's dad who lives on the mountain and right after Mommy came to stay, he stopped one day and told me if I ever needed help with her to just call him and he would be here in 5 min. I didn't know his daughter was a PT assistant and I didn't know she worked for this agency. The Physical Therapist asked me if we were related to the Treadways from Rainelle. Turns out she worked on Lonnie! She said "only a little" though. He took it and "ran with it" she said. Anyway, I am looking forward to Mommy walking better and then it would take only one of us. Addy has committed to coming on Wed. after school since our new lady can't work Wed. evening or Sunday. Addy said she could come on Sunday if I needed her also. Mommy ate good today and was awake the biggest part of it. She laid down in the bed in the afternoon and took a good nap where she could stretch out. Mommy's BP is staying steady and we may have her BP meds straightened out. We had to start all over again with that. Talk to ya'll more tomorrow.

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