First Day Home

Mom's first day home went quite well. She had visits from the Home Health Care Nurse and her Physical Therapist. Her blood pressure is a little high, and her oxygen level goes too low when she is on her walker, so we'll have her using the wheelchair a bit more to move around to the bathroom. She was given exercises to do while in bed. Orders right now say she is to put no weight on her foot. She is too hop when on the walker. All in all she is doing well and is content to stay in bed watching TV, playing her handheld solitaire game, doing crossword puzzles, reading, and talking on the phone (hint, hint, hint).
Dad is doing a good job in the nursing department. He doesn't leave Mom's side for too long. Susan and I will try to get him to slow down and rest a bit more tomorrow; we're more worried that he'll overdo and push himself over his limit. We're hoping to convince him to let us do more and get him to sit and relax more. With a little luck maybe we can get him to go into his "office" and work on his stamps for a while.
The nursing schedule is now made up--I'm amazed at how well it fit together...but little sisters and little brother, Dale and I are certainly willing to cover most of the days with just a day off here or there, Mom and Dad did it for me when I was so sick, so turn around is fair play. It's great, though, to see how determined you all are to come and be with Mom and Dad!! Susan will post the schedule tomorrow.
On the other fronts--sandbagging begins in Quincy tomorrow. The river will be rising next week and is suppose to be higher than the flood of '93. All our levies are being reinforced and I can't tell you how many millions of sandbags are going to be put down. Our families in West Quincy are evacuating. those with river camps are now out, and utilities are being shut down to those camps near the river. All the water that Laurie is showing you is heading our way, plus the water from the great states of Wisconsin and Minnesota!! Traveling to and from Quincy should be interesting next week!!
Well, it's getting late. Will update you tomorrow. Take care and all our love.