Home again and feeling fine

I just talked to Mom on her speaker phone and she sounds GREAT! The pain she had yesterday is gone and she is again in good spirits and feeling grateful for her progress, the help she has recieved, and the new cast on her right arm, even though they moved her thumb further out and told her she was not to be using it as much as she had been.

She said a nurse told her she bit her lip so hard it bled, even under anesthesia, because of the pain during the procedure. The pain afterward was great but she remembers a sweet nurse telling her they were giving her more medicine for the pain and it was going to be better.

It was better and she went back home last night. She has lots of new bandages from her shoulder to her wrist on that left arm but there is much less pain today.

We talked about my children and the good Thanksgiving food we had. She wanted more mashed potatos but they are gone. We discussed my coming back to help her more this month after Mindy returns to Saipan. I will be there before Christmas but when and how long is not known yet. We want to encourage John to take a much needed break and visit some of his family during this time. - Diane