A Quiet Night

I thought I'd give a quick update on my time Grams last night. Chels and I got to her room right around 4:45. She said she didn't feel like anything but a shake, and that she needed to go to the store to get Unisom. Since the Unisom part is a request Chels and I get every time we go see her, Chels stepped out into the hall and called our mom to see if this was truly the case. My mom said that she receives a sleeping pill each night from a nurse at 8:30pm, so she shouldn't need to go get any additional pills.

We explained that to Grams, and she said she still needed to take Unisom as well. We found one pill left in a box in a cabinet near her sink, and told her she could take it an hour after she got her pill at 8:30 if she really needed it. We also told her that she would be going to see Dr. Nelson on Wednesday with our mom, and she could talk to him about the sleeping problems she is having at that time. She seemed to be content with these answers, so we then had to address the shake issue.

She said she didn't want to go to the cafeteria, and she really only wanted a shake. Chels told her that she would go get her a shake, but only if she would eat half of a cheeseburger first. She agreed, and Chels ran to pick up dinner for us while I stayed and watched the news with her.

I could tell when we first got there that she wasn't feeling well, she just seemed a little tired and out of it, in a different way than I've seen her as of late. She said she had a stomach ache earlier in the day, but that she really was feeling fine. It was sad to see her in such an aloof state. She is usually so chatty, and I had to work pretty hard to get her to say more than a word or two. In the end, I settled on the fact that we were just going to sit in silence and watch tv.

Chels got back with our food, and grams ate over 3/4 of her cheeseburger. We didn't even have to press her to do so. She said she didn't even feel like her shake yet, so we put it in the freezer and just sat and watched tv with her for about another hour. We reminded her of her shake in the freezer before we left, and she asked us to set the Unisom pill somewhere where she wouldn't forget. We put it next to the remote on the coffee table, and she was happy.

So, this isn't the happiest post in the world, but at least she was happy. She had a little smile on her face the whole time, even though she was very quiet. Hope you all are able to see a spunkier Grams this month. Please write on here and let me know if you do. I would love to see how she is on the other days of the month when I don't see her.

Love you all!