Sunday, December 17th – www.kast2006.com

No word on the results of the Echo-Cardiograom yet.. and they didn’t take Kerrie for her MRI last night. Waited most of the night, and expected them to come for her around 2:00am, but they may have had emergencies that took priority. As of 6:30pm, when I spoke to Mom, she hadn’t had it yet. Perhaps tonight.

It was a short visit with Kerrie, but nice.. we sang her new Christmas Carol to a few of the nurses and Dr. Yates, with the BMT team, thought it was very funny. Kerrie got such a kick out of it I wrote the words down, and taped them to the wall accross from her bed, so she could sing it whenever she wanted. I have a feeling she’ll be singing it whenever she wants ice chips 🙂

It was another emotional day for her,and she was fighting back the tears this morining, when I had when I had to leave, but I promised her I would be back on Thursday. She didn’t want to be alone tonight, so Mom is staying with her.

I’ll go back Thursday and she’ll be stuck with me until Janaury 1st. I told her I would be there so much that she would get sick of me and beg me to go back to Ohio.. Her response “Ummm. Nope. I don’t think so.” Nice to hear 🙂

Tomorrow will be a very busy day at work, but I’ll post an update as soon as I hear something from Mom.

Jenn

7 Comments

Aunt Mary Jo

December 18, 2006 at 12:51 pm

Thanks, Jenn! I suspect you’ve talked with your Mom about this, but some of the “emotional” ways Kerrie is behaving are related to her stroke. She can’t control the emotional output similar to the difficulty with moving her right side on command. It will get better! The term is “emotional lability.” I’ve worked with some people with strokes who were labile in the extreme, that is they cried even when they were not sad. It is a modulation issue. I would just tell them I understood what was happening and that we were going to ignore it, which usually stopped the tears. With Kerrie, she seems to feel sad, then takes it to tears. I don’t want to say that she isn’t sorry to see you go…who wouldn’t want you in their corner?

I know you must be looking forward to having time with Kerrie without having to run back to Ohio, your home away from home these days! Thinking of all of you with love, always!

Aunt Mary Jo

Kat Balcom

December 19, 2006 at 7:00 pm

Jenn, please give Kerrie all my love and tell her I’m thinking of her everyday. I’ve been out of state for work and haven’t heard anything about whether she’s up for visitors lately, but I’ll be home over the holidays and would love to see her if she’s ready for a gab fest. Even just to sit with her for awhile would be great.

Aunt Mary Jo

December 18, 2006 at 12:51 pm

Thanks, Jenn! I suspect you’ve talked with your Mom about this, but some of the “emotional” ways Kerrie is behaving are related to her stroke. She can’t control the emotional output similar to the difficulty with moving her right side on command. It will get better! The term is “emotional lability.” I’ve worked with some people with strokes who were labile in the extreme, that is they cried even when they were not sad. It is a modulation issue. I would just tell them I understood what was happening and that we were going to ignore it, which usually stopped the tears. With Kerrie, she seems to feel sad, then takes it to tears. I don’t want to say that she isn’t sorry to see you go…who wouldn’t want you in their corner?

I know you must be looking forward to having time with Kerrie without having to run back to Ohio, your home away from home these days! Thinking of all of you with love, always!

Aunt Mary Jo
Kat Balcom

December 19, 2006 at 7:00 pm

Jenn, please give Kerrie all my love and tell her I’m thinking of her everyday. I’ve been out of state for work and haven’t heard anything about whether she’s up for visitors lately, but I’ll be home over the holidays and would love to see her if she’s ready for a gab fest. Even just to sit with her for awhile would be great.