Bedside Babbles

Are you sick of hearing me yet? In the spirit of Pam, I'm just going to keep talking. I mean that in the best way possible. She always "babbles" as she calls it and then stops and says "are you sick of hearing me talking?" and then she just keeps going. It's one of my favorites. Always manages to fill the silence and be totally entertaining doing it. I've tried doing it for her, but I just don't have that skill....yet...I'm working on it.

Anyhow, the cervical collar came off today. Cervical collar = fancy word for uncomfortable neck brace. She seems more comfortable without it. Breathing on her own some more. Just had her teeth brushed and ready to kick another day's ass. Just sitting here watching her work with PT - she's actually helping with the exercises. Just Pam being Pam, always over-achieving. If she doesn't get an A+ then it doesn't count.

I should probably share how crazy the universe is. This happened while my mom was exercising in the little gym in the downstairs of her condo building. The person who found her is a young man who happened to be visiting his parents and after a few days decided to stop procrastinating and get his ass to the gym. He saw her laying on the floor and just assumed she was stretching. He told her he hoped he wasn't bothering her, but she didn't respond. He saw her earbuds in, so figured she just didn't hear him. And then he realized the buds weren't plugged in. He called 911. I'm sure that 2 minutes was the longest two minutes of his life, but I will never be able to thank him and the universe enough for everything they've given me.

One last note about the universe, we had a new respiratory person last night I'd never met. I commented that he was wearing black scrubs rather than the pink that all the respiratory folks wear. He said "ya, I decided I didn't want to wear the 'wine' color, I wear my black ones on the weekend." It made me so happy to know that she's surrounded by people who also buck the system. Follow rules? I don't think so. Not when you could look great in black. It's so slimming. He was also a trip. Full of laughs. Made my night.

Another day, another fight.