Once In A While a Word Comes Out

   My Mom called me on the phone early this morning. It was amazing. She sounded so normal. Every word came out perfectly. It's strange I can't even remember what she said, but I remember that her voice sounded so normal and there was no stuttering or problems with choice of words....... Then I woke up and realized I was dreaming.

  I miss talking to my Mom. It's been a long time. The dream was so vivid and beautiful.

  Angie and I discovered that Mom does get a word out now and then though. On Saturday we were there to give her a shower. On impulse I asked her.
   "Mom, can you see me?"
 She looked intently at me with her blue eyes and kind of nodded her head. I was encouraged by her response so I asked her another question.
   "Mom, what color is my shirt?"
Angie and I were both amazed, shocked and delighted when she responded with one word.
   " Red."
We cheered so loud that my Dad came to check on us to see if everything was alright!



   Some of you might be interested in seeing what kind of shower chair we use for Mom. Giving Mom a bath was nigh to impossible before my sis-in-law Eunice found this chair. This chair has turned bathing Mom from a dreaded nightmare to a smooth operation. I definitely recommend it. The chair itself slides into and out of the tub with ease. Even when your dealing with a heavy person. I like that we chose the extra long one. This one also has a swivel option that we never use. We could have gotten the shorter version and then used the swivel to get her out of the tub. But I prefer to just slide her out.

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The legs on the shower chair are adjustable. With our situation the inside of the bathtub was so high that when we adjusted the outside legs to make it level it ended up being a little high for Mom so we use a footstool similar to this one to help her get on. It makes her much more comfortable and safe.