Grandma Update

It's been a while since I posted so I thought I'd get this written up while I wait for Dale to leave for his tour trip to the Muny this evening--he's driving a bus for people from John Wood tonight.
Mom is doing very well--the bruising on her foot is looking oh so much better--her skin color is nice and pink and there really isn't much swelling, although she still says she can feel it swell in the "boot" that she's required to wear. She's up and about more...eating at the kitchen table with the rest of her "staff". The majority of the day i spent sitting in her chair. She also continues her "hop abouts" and her assigned exercises throughout the day.
Nurses have changed twice--David was here for a week. Needless to say, Mom and Dad ate very well while he was in charge. David even added to the cable television lineup so that we're not limited to the six or seven channels we had been previously using. Mom is THOROUGHLY enjoying her HGTV, Food Network, and Cardinal baseball games. Dad likes his news and can be found watching the Cardinal games, too. The rest of us are just as happy because we now have a much wider choice to choose from while we're "in charge"!! David also took the time to cook me a WONDERFUL birthday dinner, complete with cake--I haven't celebrated my birthday with my brother in over 4o years, so that made the day extra special!!!
Susan took over nursing duties on Sunday. She even managed to figure out how to wash Mom's hair while she was here!! She left on Tuesday and Dale and I took over until Chris came in today to start her "shift". Chris arrived with fresh melon, corn, tomatoes, and ugh...turnips for Mom and Dad to eat. She'd been to the Kansas City Farmers Market. I've excused myself from eating the turnips....
I can't say enough about all the wonderful "nursing" Mom and Dad have had!! It's really been great for them to spend some time with each of their kids--maybe some day they'll be able to do the same thing with us all, but both be healthy enough to enjoy it!!
Mom was able to read up on all your news, today. She sat in her wheelchair at her desk after lunch and caught up on everything. In fact, she "read" the posts to Chris while she was on kitchen cleanup duty. I'll see if I can get her to post something soon. Meanwhile, keep those posts coming. It's great to be able to hear from you all!! Take care. Love to everyone!!