Day 5 Update

1. Last night Missy gave Mom a shower. She did a much better job washing herself, washed and rinsed her own hair, and dried herself. She was significantly improved from when Missy gave her a shower before her first injection. Mom did nothing to help the first time. Mom also was fixing her part while Missy was doing her hair.

2. We realized Mom hasn’t tried to leave the Cabin unless Missy was standing on the porch. Last summer at the beach, we had to barricade the door because she would zoom out at every opportunity.

3. We went to drop Missy off at the airport today. Mom did really well on the ride out. We stopped at the LaBrea Tar Pits to visit the museum after the airport. She seemed to enjoy getting out. Once I had been holding her hand and she wanted to walk into the other room, so she pushed my hand away and walked on, but she didn’t run off she just wanted to go into the other room. We also sat in the movie in the museum and she did real well in the movie. We went to eat, then stopped at Macaroni Grill on the way home for dessert. She was more anxious, and really wanted to get up from the table. I don’t know if it was the long time we had spent in the car today, or if the medicine is starting to wear off (it has a 5-day half-life). But I did notice in most of the places where we stopped, if she walks on, she is now stopping and looking back for us and not just taking off. Even in the smoothie store on the way out, she would wander around looking but never tried to go out the door. So even in a more anxious state, she is better than she was.

4. We went to the internet café for Dad to check his e-mail. Mom is still very agitated, and wanted to get up. I took her walking around for about 15 minutes while he worked. I wonder if mom is so agitated because Missy left today, and she’s looking for Missy. I guess over the next couple of days we’ll see if she settles down, or perhaps if the medicine is wearing off.