Unplesant "Procedure" - Plesant Dinner

Being a work day for me, I did not arrive until 11:30 a.m. The occupational therapists (welding instructors :-0) were just finishing up. Well, one was finishing up, the other one was reading the printed version of this blog that is in Bettie's room.

It was a busy morning for her as they crowded all three hours of therapy into the morning so she could go off for a colonoscopy in the afternoon. (Colonoscopy is doctor-talk for "major breech of personal security". I'll spare you the proctologist's definition of the "scope" part of the procedure, but it's funny.) Anyway, the results were clear; no problems from stem to stern, so to speak.

They came for her a little after noon, so I came home and returned at 3:30. She was still pretty groggy, but gradually came around. By 4:30 she felt like getting up into the wheelchair. During that process, she seemed determined to pull herself up to standing by herself. She very nearly did. I was pleased to see how well she stood before transferring to the chair.

Dinner arrived at 5:00 and she was ready. Well, that was something of an understatement. Due to today's "procedure", she was not allowed to eat after yesterday's lunch. You may remember from yesterday, that today was the first time she was allowed food that was not pureed. It was pretty much a Thanksgiving dinner: Turkey & cranberry sauce, carrots, mashed potatoes and gravy, and applesauce. When the smoke cleared, there was just some potato left, that's all.