Arrived an hour early today to kp’s surprise.

kp was in positive mood. Had eaten a good breakfast and wanted a bath.

She suggested I check with the sister that it was ok to have a bath.

kp:- Go and ask X. Say “Is it ok if Karen pops for a bath ?”
dp:- Karen, I know how to ask X if you can have a bath or not ?

Karen started laughing at the fact she had given me the exact words to say. I started practicing to myself :-

dp:- Is it ok if Karen POPS for a bath ? Is it ok if Karen POPPPPPS for a bath ? Is it OK if Karen pops in the bath ?

I left the room to ask X the question, kp was laughing out loud and I could hear her down the hallway !

Needless to say it was ok, and kp enjoyed the bath.

kp now likes to sit up in the chair to put her own nighty on. I was keen to get her to sit upright (no back support).

dp:- Do you want to sit upright or slouch ?
kp:- I’d rather slouch.
dp:- It will be easier if you sat upright.
kp:- I want to slouch.

kp ran into difficulties with the nighty. It was caught on her left little finger, but she kept pulling it as if it was just stuck and needed lots of pulling so I advised her accordingly.

dp:- It might be easier if you sit upright.
kp:- Will you stop going on about sitting upright !
dp:- Why do you have such a problem with sitting upright ?
kp:- Sometimes I just want to do things certain ways and today I want to slouch.

Fair enough ! It was a good humoured conversation and kp said she would explain why she wanted to slouch later in the morning, but we forgot to talk about it.

She dried her own hair today. She forgets quite a lot about her left side, so her right hair was lovely and dry, some would say toasted. Her left side was damp still. I reminded her about the left side and she sorted it.

After this, we went to sleep for an hour. She skipped lunch, simply ‘cos she wasn’t hungry.

Sue (from work) is visiting this afternoon and my dad is coming up also.

kp had a visitor this afternoon in the form of Sue (from work). She brought the tastiest strawberries I have ever tasted, I mean Karen has ever tasted. They were delicious. And the carrot cake looks gorgeous. Can’t wait to go in in the morning to have that with a coffee. If there’s any left, I’ll let kp have some too

She really enjoyed seeing you Sue. It seemed like a Peter Kay show when I arrived. One of the nurses was doing some impressions. Lots of belly laughs all round. kp was using the word “lambasted” every other word. She had asked Marie to look it up in a dictionary, and now she knew it was a real word she was working it in whenever she could.

She is in such a good positive frame of mind at the moment. The mountain will be so much easier for climbing with her spirit in such a way.

She ate every bit of her tea and has been in and out of the chair so many times today. We had a good laugh with Dad when he came.

Altogether a VERY positive day.

Tomorrow the OT is visiting wor house to check it’s ok for kp.

Keep it up Love !

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