Tuesday, March 03, 2020

Day 23

The therapist was in today and worked with Joan. She did a little better but not to the point of standing up on her own. It's like her hips and lower back are frozen in one position, kinda like my heart. My own tremors have increased since all this started also but I can deal with that.

I noticed her breathing was a little strenuous so I asked her if it was difficult and she said "a little". That was enough to take me to the nurse's station to tell them and in a few minutes they came in, checked her blood pressure and temperature but they were both normal. A few minutes later one of them came back with that kittle apparatus they put into your nostrils and attach it to oxygen. After that, Joan was breathing easier. They haven't treated her for the cold well enough. The neurologist was either in earlier than me, 10:00, or not at all today because I did not talk to her. Strange. Last Friday she said she would be released yesterday but the neuro didn't show up, today also.

One of my Spanish friends from the "Club" who works at the hospital found a therapist in San Pedro, 2 towns away and he does house calls. He doesn't speak English but I can get by with Spanish during the treatments. I just can't arrange anything until I know when Joan will be home.

She wasn't very hungry today and I had to invent some games in order for her to take the food in her mouth.

Val, from the Club, stopped in for a visit at about 16:00(4PM). She just finished moving from one house to another in Los Alcazares and now has the fun task of unpacking everything and putting it away. She asked if I would be at the Friday meeting but it all depends on Joan. I am hoping she will be home by then....................... so it really won't be possible to go. It would be too much now for Joan.

Dzisiaj by艂 terapeuta i pracowa艂 z Joan. Posz艂o troch臋 lepiej, ale nie do tego stopnia, 偶eby samej stan膮膰 na nogi. To tak jakby jej biodra i dolna cz臋艣膰 plec贸w by艂y zablokowane w jednej pozycji, tak jak moje serce. Moje w艂asne dr偶enia zwi臋kszy艂y si臋, odk膮d to wszystko si臋 zacz臋艂o, ale mog臋 sobie z tym poradzi膰.

Zauwa偶y艂em, 偶e jej oddech jest troch臋 m臋cz膮cy, wi臋c spyta艂em j膮, czy to jest trudne, a ona powiedzia艂a "troch臋". To wystarczy艂o, abym poszed艂 do dy偶urki piel臋gniarek, 偶eby im to powiedzie膰 i w ci膮gu kilku minut przysz艂y, sprawdzi艂y jej ci艣nienie krwi i temperatur臋, ale oba parametry by艂y w normie. Kilka minut p贸藕niej jedna z nich wr贸ci艂a z tym ma艂ym aparatem, kt贸ry w艂o偶y艂a do nozdrzy i pod艂膮czy艂a do tlenu. Po tym Joan oddycha艂a 艂atwiej. Nie leczono jej wystarczaj膮co dobrze na przezi臋bienie. Neurolog by艂 albo wcze艣niej ode mnie, o 10:00, albo nie by艂o go dzi艣 wcale, bo z ni膮 nie rozmawia艂em. Dziwne. W zesz艂y pi膮tek powiedzia艂a, 偶e Joan zostanie zwolniona wczoraj, ale neurolog te偶 si臋 dzi艣 nie pojawi艂.

Jeden z moich hiszpa艅skich przyjaci贸艂 z "Klubu", kt贸ry pracuje w szpitalu, znalaz艂 terapeut臋 w oddalonym o 2 miasta San Pedro, kt贸ry wykonuje wizyty domowe. Nie m贸wi po angielsku, ale podczas zabieg贸w mog臋 poradzi膰 sobie z hiszpa艅skim. Po prostu nie mog臋 nic za艂atwi膰, dop贸ki nie dowiem si臋, kiedy Joan b臋dzie w domu.

Joan nie by艂a dzi艣 zbytnio g艂odna i musia艂am wymy艣li膰 kilka gier, 偶eby mog艂a wzi膮膰 jedzenie do ust.

Val, z klubu, zatrzyma艂a si臋 na wizyt臋 oko艂o 16:00. W艂a艣nie sko艅czy艂a przeprowadzk臋 z jednego domu do drugiego w Los Alcazares i teraz ma zabawne zadanie rozpakowania wszystkiego i pochowania. Zapyta艂a, czy b臋d臋 na pi膮tkowym spotkaniu, ale to wszystko zale偶y od Joanny. Mam nadziej臋, 偶e do tego czasu b臋dzie w domu........ To by艂oby zbyt wiele dla Joan.

S艂ucham "Concerto de Aranjuez", kompozytora Joaquina Rodr铆go. Dzi臋kuj臋, Bo偶e, za mo偶liwo艣膰 zabrania Joanny do Hiszpanii 5 razy. Jest wiele miejsc, w kt贸rych jeszcze nie byli艣my, ale w tych, w kt贸rych byli艣my , by艂o magicznie. Je艣li potrafi臋 utrzyma膰 te miejsca w jej pami臋ci, to zawsze b臋dzie szcz臋艣liwa.

I'm listening to "Concerto de Aranjuez",  by composer Joaquin Rodr铆go  Thank you, God, for the opportunity to take Joan to Spain, 5 times. Many places we haven't been yet but it's been magical in the ones we have. If I can keep those in her mind, then she will always be happy.