My Aunt is in a rehab center for physical and occupational therapy after falling and breaking her shoulder and cheekbone. She was having trouble with her balance and walking prior to the fall and is even worse now. She of course only has the use of one arm and hand and it is not her dominant one. She’s a lefty and broke her left shoulder.

I guess with everything that has happened to her, the fall, the surgery, the anesthesia, her prior poor medical condition and her chronic illnesses, it is quite difficult for her to take to learning how to use her right hand. She is also very weak and it takes two people to get her to stand up from a seated position. I hope and pray that she is well enough to go home when her days are up in the rehab center. If that isn’t so, then I hope that we are able to get her more time there.

We visited her this evening and although we are very pleased with this place, she was sitting in her room with a roommate that sleeps all the time. The room was so dark. She is not by the window and it seemed a bit dreary there. I wish they had better lighting, maybe something like Quoizel lighting.

But it was a cloudy day and many of the residents were napping as it was later in the day. I promised myself to focus on the positives of the place. Of course I won’t ignore it if there are any problems, but I’m not going to get upset over small things, especially after what she went through in the hospital.

She did have both therapies today. They are still monitoring her while she eats to check on her swallowing. That pleases us a great deal. We also talked to the nurse about her arm sling as it keeps slipping and her arm is no where close to where it should be. She came into her room right away and rigged up something with a pillow while she’s seated to keep her arm up.

Now that’s good care, even in a rehab center!