I came back to see Mam, after shopping for more pants for her, in fear that the laundry situation had not been fixed. The laundry situation seemed to have been fixed, thankfully. Mam’s dresser is full of clean clothes, pants and shirts. She’s good to go now. Nevertheless, I had bought her more pants.
I found Mam in her wheelchair, again, in the hallway. She was in a better mood. No crying. I said hi and talked with her. Then I wheeled her around. I walked her around the hallways.
Finally, I tried something new. It was pretty decent temperature outside. Still on the hot side, but not unbearably hot. I wheeled Mam outside. I did not want to just walk her outside, afraid that Mam would learn how to get out on her own. I believe she is physically capable of doing that.
There is a gazebo just outside the nursing home building. I took Mam there. She was in really in good mood, talkative, pointing at flowers, pointing at grass. I asked her many questions, most of them she no longer knew the answers. Things like: what’s the Indonesian word for a bee (I truly don’t remember). She didn’t know. We stayed outside for 15 minutes before she started patting her head/hair a lot. I asked if she’s hot, she said yes. So I wheeled her back inside.
We stayed in the TV room for a little bit. She liked watching I love Lucy and there happened to be one playing. I left her in the TV room watching TV.
I am contemplating of getting her a TV. But I am not sure where to put it. Her roommate sleeps most of the time. If I put at TV there, it might disturb her. Also I am not sure if Mam would just twiddle with the TV and might break it. I actually looked around for a small LED/LCD TV/DVD combo. It is at least about $200-$300. Should I get it???
