Friday, Sept. 2nd- It was a much better day today. Mom is in practically no pain. The only time she has any is when getting out of bed to go to the bathroom. We were expecting a nurse to come this morning to hook up the nutrition and help mom with a shower, etc. However, at 10 am no one had come so I decided to just help her myself. She had a shower, hair wash, bag change,... the works! It took a lot out of her, but man was she thrilled to be clean. Around 1 pm a home health aide showed up. I asked her what she was here for and she replied she was going to help with showering, etc. She had an "I dont want to work attitude" about her and when I told her I had already went ahead and did it myself she seemed pleased. Bitch. I know she doesnt want me to have to whoop her ass. ;) Mom told her that she doesnt want a shower at 1 pm because by noon she is wiped out. So, the aide said she would see what she could do to come earlier next week. Then she left. Shortly there after the nurse came to hook up the TPN (nutrition). We told her about the aide's attitude and she was pissed off. She said she would take care of it. Later in the day we got a call saying the aide would be here at 9 am on Tuesday. LMAO I guess she got in trouble. Oh well. As the nurse hooked up the TPN, it took about 45 minutes for her to do it because she explained every step to me and then made me do it in front of her. I will be the one replacing the TPN every 24 hrs. On Tuesday, the TPN transfusionswill go down to 10 hr ones, instead of around the clock. It should be much easier for mom not to have to worry about the line getting pulled as she gets up. e are hoping to that after a few days of some nutition she will start to get some strength back. After not having ANY form of nourishment for over 48 hrs, she was starting to get very weak and dizzy. She is already showing improvement after just 8 hrs of this stuff. Its kick ass. I was able to get her a mouse today for the laptop (she cant work a touch pad) because she is needing a Pogo fix. However, I havent got the wireless router hooked up yet, and dial up was too slow to load her games. Put that on my to do list for tomorrow. She was happy today though to have a friend from her job come by to see her. It lifted her spirits. For awhile there, she thought everyone had forgotten about her. lol Thats all for today.