Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Grandma's Oxygen

Mom's update:

Grandma is home and doing better. She was giving me and Uncle Don a hard time about the oxygen she is using, but think she's finally listening to us and using it only when necessary. She was under the impression that she was supposed to be using it 24/7 which was causing her to be forgetful and lose her balance, she fell twice, because her oxygen level was too high. She's still a little weak and needs to regain some of the weight she lost, weighs 100 lbs., but she refuses to have any assistance. I know she's still not up to par because she didn't complain when told she needed to use a walker instead of just a cane. There's an oxygen tank hanging from the walker (we're looking into getting a basket to put it into) which she uses when walking to the dining room.

That's probably the longest walk she takes and it causes her to be short of breath. It will take her awhile to get used to it.

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