Mom Update - Minor Seizure

I am posting this on behalf of Quinn - her computer, the oldest still in existence, has a black screen!

Arden Courts called her this afternoon and said Mom had a seizure today. It only lasted about 30 seconds. She is physically wiped-out from it, though. So they put her to bed for a few hours. The nurse at Arden Courts said this is not unexpected as Mom's disease progresses. Under the current orders they have on Mom, they would not be sending her to the hospital, nor did they think it was necessary anyway.

Quinn was there this morning and had a really nice visit with Mom. She was able to get the hairdresser room opened up so she could wash her hair in the "professional" way. Once Mom got leaned back, she enjoyed the pampering. She seemed fine when Quinn left.

The nurse at Arden Courts told Quinn not to come back over today after the episode. She said Mom is fine. Quinn is planning on going over tomorrow and will update us all then. If you have any questions, feel free to call Quinn. Michael - make sure you are not calling at midnight!

Hugs to all,
Lel

FWIW -

Just letting you know that Melanie & I will be in Baltimore from 16 November to 6 December. Can't wait to see everyone.

In the meantime, we'll be in Tioman this weekend, Brisbane Australia 6-11 October and Raja Ampat (near West Papua, Indonesia) 15-22 October.

Baltimore Walk to End Alzheimer's Team

I created a Sprinkles and Off Sprinkles team and signed up to walk in the Baltimore Event. Feel free to join me:) Share with your kids, too.

I think you can click on this blog post title to get to the team. Otherwise, cut and paste:

https://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=454886&lis=1&kntae454886=9BB789B1518B45449454D2EE506193F2&supId=335984971&team=4831933

There hasn't been a Mom post in a while...

I had a lovely visit with Mom on Tuesday in the very quiet, very dark Arden courts. Why, you ask, would it be very quiet and very dark?!? Because they had no electricity since Saturday night! Hurricane Irene took it's toll on Maryland and many lost electricity. Yes, there was a generator working offering some power, but they were clearly conserving energy with only the emergency lighting. Luckily it was a beautiful day and the residents were all outside for activity time.

Mom didn't seem to mind, so neither did I. The only problem was that she did not care for her cold hair washing and there was no blow-drying her hair after. Oh well! Other than that, same old, same old. She was happy to see the children and pleased to hear their stories. When I left her, she was sitting holding one of her "babies" and fiddling with his blanket. It was nice to see her care for the baby. I wish she would do that more.

Okay, tiny update but it moves the blog along...

LTA - Levelle