as the story goes...

Yesterday was a rough day. They say that a craniotomy can slow a person down, but they obviously haven't met Peggie! Countless times yesterday, she was able to get out of bed to eat, visit the restroom, and was extremely adamant about taking a shower (which she can't do quite yet). She's still a bit disoriented.... she knows everyone's name, but still is not sure why she's in San Francisco and can't remember the date. The aphasia that she is suffering from they say is very common (and temporary), but it's a freaky thing to encounter from someone you're so used to seeing. She's talking fine, but she can't say the correct words for items, but thinks that she is! It's a very weird thing to encounter. The swelling in her eye went down considerably the past day, and she's making some good strides on eating.

The first night (Saturday) in the hospital room, she was trying to get up out of bed A LOT so they had to put a bed alarm on so that they could hear her when she tried to get up and use the restroom. So our adventure yesterday while we were in there was making sure someone was there to guide her to the proper place, or convince her to stay in bed. We were there from 8:00am to about 9:00pm last night. Leona was very gracious and was on Peggie duty last night, as we all felt that she would try to get up in the middle of the night and do something again. Leona reported that she's doing better when she gets out of bed. Leona was able to wash mom a bit.

I dropped Scott off at the airport and headed back to Fresno today. Dad (and Leona) are still there with mom. At about 11am, Mom went in for the angiogram, and as of right now, she hasn't come out yet. When I hear from Dad, I'll report!