Good news:
I spoke to Mike tonight and he had interesting commentary on Mom. He said that when he got there to visit her, she hopped out of bed, went to the restroom by herself, combed her hair, put on and tied her shoes and then gave them (he and Marie) a short tour of her rehab facility. She also recited the directions to the AA SERO where she works and several important phone numbers.

On the heels of our conversation I called her and we spoke for most of an hour (does that tell you she's coming back?). Even compared to the day before yesterday, her improvement is amazing to me. Between my conversations with Mike, Mom and Mom's case worker, she may be able to bypass the convalescent care and try a sort of adult day care for a couple weeks where she would stay with Mike and Marie at night. It's all up in the air at the moment, but she is now actively participating in the process. We had a good discussion about her insurance issues and various financial things, and she was completely aware of the issues at hand.

I would say that her largest issue at the moment is her perception of time. She can recall an amazing amount of data, and converse about current issues, but when certain things happened in the past will occasionally stump her, or she'll make a statement about a past event, with the time line totally out of context.

The good news is that she's getting better in a pretty good way.

She will likely be moved just after Christmas and I will advise contact info at that time, but I think she's at a point where she would really enjoy some holiday calls (being in teh hospital at christmas must suck) from folks who knew her before the injury (I only say this as familiarity is helpful at this point in her recovery and unfamiliar things are more confusing).

You can reach her by calling Wakemed hospital (919-350-8000) and asking for Jill Griffin in the rehab wing.

Thaks for all the support,

jmx


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