We're walking!

October 8

Very early morning was kinda rough. We almost ran out of pads to put on the bed between mom and her bodily fluids and her bodily fluids flowing freely. I am considering changing the time when she has lactalose -thinking if she has her lactalose early morning say 3 a.m. she might go at a normal time (during the day rather than 1 a.m. on).  I lowered the amount today to 10 ml, and she hasn't popped yet. She might not have pooped for two reasons 1. Her ammonium level wasn't high 2. She didn't have enough lactalose to bind to the lactalose. On a very positive note....we started our day kinda late fresh fruit for breakfast and the diamond for lunch courtesy of Zuber. Mom ate her fruit and some of her Grecian Meze platter. She also walked today for the first time in a week! Yesterday she got out of bed and her linens were changed, today she got up, moved/sat in her rolling walker, and even walked toward the head of her new (hospital) bed. By walking toward the head she put herself closer to the top and sat herself higher in bed.

It's 10 p.m. and she had her first bowel movement of the day.  At least she is not stopped up. 1 a.m. bowel movement.