I just received Mom's new room phone number: (717) 624-3126.
Her address is:
Peggy Comstock, Room 3573
Cross Keys Village
The Brethren Home Community
2990 Carlisle Pike
P.O. Box 128
New Oxford, PA 17350
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
February 24, 2009
Last week we had a meeting with the Brethren Home concerning Mom’s progress in therapy. Currently she’s working on regaining more strength in her legs, as well as stability when standing. We were advised that her occupational and physical therapy would probably cease in about two weeks because she will have reached a plateau. This meant we needed to decide where her long term residence would be. Everyone including family and administration felt it was in Mom's best interest to have her stay and be cared for at the Brethren Home.
We were shown several rooms in the palliative care unit on the third floor of the Home, and Mom saw the rooms on Saturday. We advised the social worker of our room choice, and Mom moved into her new quarters today. Her new room #3573 is similar to the one she moved from, but has a large bay window and a window seat with storage. She also has her own shower and a remote control for the TV! All in all, a very nice setup. We spent the morning getting her things organized, and the room arranged and decorated to her liking.
Last weekend, we took her to a hymn sing in the sanctuary put on by a local church, and on Sunday we attended a piano concert put on by two members of a church located just over the PA/MD state line. She also plays Bingo and is working to win enough coupons to go to the gift shop downstairs.
Her mobility is improved, and she walks a little more with assistance. However, the calciphylaxis has flared up again with an increase in soreness and pain.
Her address is the same, but the room number has changed to 3573.
Please continue to pray for Peggy.
We were shown several rooms in the palliative care unit on the third floor of the Home, and Mom saw the rooms on Saturday. We advised the social worker of our room choice, and Mom moved into her new quarters today. Her new room #3573 is similar to the one she moved from, but has a large bay window and a window seat with storage. She also has her own shower and a remote control for the TV! All in all, a very nice setup. We spent the morning getting her things organized, and the room arranged and decorated to her liking.
Last weekend, we took her to a hymn sing in the sanctuary put on by a local church, and on Sunday we attended a piano concert put on by two members of a church located just over the PA/MD state line. She also plays Bingo and is working to win enough coupons to go to the gift shop downstairs.
Her mobility is improved, and she walks a little more with assistance. However, the calciphylaxis has flared up again with an increase in soreness and pain.
Her address is the same, but the room number has changed to 3573.
Please continue to pray for Peggy.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
February 13, 2009
Mom enjoyed visits from some of her out of town family members last weekend (2/7) - in particular her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. That really brightened her spirits! And on Sunday we took her to an event put on at the Home where she tasted some vegetarian foods and soups, enjoyed Christian music, and had chocolate and coffee. She liked that a lot. In fact, always thinking of others, she insisted that Rita and Mary take plates of chocolate up to her room so she could give them to her nurses (which she did---honest!) But the main thing was that she got out of her room, had a change of scenery, and enjoyed the event.
Mentally, things have been pretty much the same. She talks a lot about her past and people from her past, and she does have times where she is quite lucid. Physically she's doing better. For the last month (since she came down with those infections) she has had to be stretchered to and from dialysis because she was weak and unstable. This meant being transported by ambulance, and it became very frustrating for her because she had to wait at the dialysis center until the transport came for her. It was frustrating for us when we tried to visit because we never knew when or how late she would be back to the home.
The ambulance company often got her to dialysis late, and did not return her to the Home until 8 or 9 p.m. This made for a very long day for her, and one without substantial meals. But she was a trooper. She continued to have physical and occupational therapy. She worked very hard, has regained much strength, and now is better able to move about with the walker. In fact she is doing so much better that today (Friday) she began riding the Brethern Home bus to dialysis again instead of being transported in the ambulance. Praise the Lord for that. She was so excited to be off the ambulance!
She has been receiving many cards and letters from friends and family, and on her behalf we say thank you for staying in touch. She loves to hear from every one of you.
Please continue to pray for Peggy.
Mentally, things have been pretty much the same. She talks a lot about her past and people from her past, and she does have times where she is quite lucid. Physically she's doing better. For the last month (since she came down with those infections) she has had to be stretchered to and from dialysis because she was weak and unstable. This meant being transported by ambulance, and it became very frustrating for her because she had to wait at the dialysis center until the transport came for her. It was frustrating for us when we tried to visit because we never knew when or how late she would be back to the home.
The ambulance company often got her to dialysis late, and did not return her to the Home until 8 or 9 p.m. This made for a very long day for her, and one without substantial meals. But she was a trooper. She continued to have physical and occupational therapy. She worked very hard, has regained much strength, and now is better able to move about with the walker. In fact she is doing so much better that today (Friday) she began riding the Brethern Home bus to dialysis again instead of being transported in the ambulance. Praise the Lord for that. She was so excited to be off the ambulance!
She has been receiving many cards and letters from friends and family, and on her behalf we say thank you for staying in touch. She loves to hear from every one of you.
Please continue to pray for Peggy.
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