As we were talking, Grandma woke up! She wanted her brief changed. Once that was done, we had her stand with the walker for a minute or two while we finished making her bed. Then she went right back to sleep.
I left my computer there so I'd be sure to come back after a shift at work, and returned a little after 8. As I parked, I noticed through the shades that the light was on in her room! "This is a good sign," I thought. When I walked in, she was awake, alert, and happy to see me! "You are just the person I need," she said (or something like that). I helped her turn on the TV, like she wanted. We watched some of America's Funniest Home Videos, and then we found The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Grandma said happily that she loves that show. It was the episode about the high school reunion.
As we watched TV, we got some chocolate (erm...at my request - I was tired) and I started working on typing up Grandpa's TV instructions to put on her wall (he wrote some down but they're kept in the dresser). Grandma started reading a book about John Greenleaf Whitter, which Aunt Annie lent to her a couple of weeks ago. She couldn't talk very well - I usually had to lean in and ask her to repeat it a couple of times. She apologized that "not very good company" - a line I haven't heard in weeks and which reminds me of her old self. Maybe she's starting to recover from the transition? Who knows?
I took a couple of pictures of her:
With the book and a tiny smile
With a big smile
Elizabeth went over later and reported that Grandma was still doing fine, but that she (Elizabeth) had to repeat everything about three times for Grandma to understand what she was saying (the opposite of my visit). That's more like the last month. Ah well.
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