Weekend @ Palomar Take 3...

I got to the hospital a little after 6:30pm Fri night. Mom had already left to run some errands and get Robby from the babysitters so Angela was alone for a couple hrs. Since she now has pretty good use of her hands, she can use her knuckles to adjust her position in bed (up/down), call the Nurse, and operate both the TV and lights in the room so being alone for a few hours isn't a big deal to her.

We had an excellent night on Friday. Angela actually slept through the entire night (very nice break from getting up every hour to help change positions, call the nurse..etc). She did get a bit grumpy during/after her P/T & O/T sessions (which occured simultaneously) but it wore off (for the most part) by the end of the day.

We watched a movie Sat. night, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It was pretty good and we had hooked up an external set of speakes to the laptop and cranked it up nice and loud so we could both hear it. That was really nice!

Sat. night I got sick so Angela kept waking up. Poor thing. No wonder she was so sleepy for the duration of Sunday (she just wanted to sleep all day). She had another P/T and O/T session (1 hr instead of the 3 hrs she has during the weekdays). She did very good. She definitely enjoys the workout more from the wheelchair than when they're doing balance work from the bed.

I left around 9PM on Sunday night. Last time I stayed through Monday but the thought of hitting that early morning traffic just didn't sit well (the last time I was stuck on a non-moving freeway for the better part of an hour!).

Mom's had a pretty good break this week. Nana came down from Los Angeles and stayed with Angela for a few days. So Mom's been sleeping in her own bed for most of the week. A nice break for her. Thanks Nana!

Weekend At Palomar...

Just drove into work from the hospital. I ended up staying Sunday night in addition to Fri & Sat (such a nice sister). Angela did pretty good. Her mood was great on Fri & Sat and her nurse at night was just plain ol' awesome (her name is Lisa and hopefully we'll get her again this weekend!).

The nurses during the day (and last night)...not so awesome. They argued and made a stink whenever Angela wanted her medicine, telling her that she had to start 'weaning' herself so that she didn't become addicted. Angela ever-so-nicely told her she'd gladly switch places with the lady and see how she liked it when her entire body felt like it was being crushed. She got her medicine. But we fought almost every time and believe me fighting with someone at 2:30 AM does not bring out the best in people. Namely me.

Angela has an AMAZINGLY bad heat/sweat rash covering the entire back of her body, from scalp to toes. Big red bumps. So she's now also on Benedryl for that (and boy, does that medicine have her saying some WEIRD things!).

Yesterday, Nana, Papa & Uncle Kurt came to visit. Nana and I went to Angela's P/T session with her. Not the best P/T session. As soon as they tried getting her on her feet, Angela started screaming. Screaming and crying and insisting that her legs were snapping in half. They weren't...but everyone thought it was a good idea to forgo any more P/T for the day.

Other than the bad nurses and P/T session, Angela was in a fine mood. She laughed and talked for most of the time. We watched a movie (Man of the House---surprisingly not bad).

Left for work around 8 this morning. Angela's going to be alone for a few hours before Mom makes it over there.

OH! And I wanted to mention this: ANGELA CAN RECEIVE MAIL AT THE HOSPITAL AND SHE LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVES IT! Just email/call and we'll send you the address (post addy's in cyberspace is a baaaaaaaaaad idea so we're not going to do that!).

That's all for now. Have a great day!