At her age (83) Mom needs to do anything at all but just sit in order to keep her muscles from deteriorating. Today she decided since the pounding rain stopped for a few days it would be a nice day to go outside and walk up and down her ramp for some exercise. Well, she did. Mom walked the ramp (about twenty feet top to bottom) up and down three times. My boyfriend, who was Mom-sitting at the time, told her she should walk it another two times, making the total route up and down complete five times. Now she's complaining about soreness in her legs.
Even though Mom does the Parkinson's exercises Physical Therapy gave her, I can see she needs to get up off her butt more often and just DO something. Even doing something like scrap booking would be better than just sitting and sleeping. At least she would be exercising her mind and hands. I tried to get her into something like that or back to the knitting project she started for my son when he was a toddler (he's 27 years old now) so she could finish the Mickey Mouse sweater and give it to one of her great grand children since all of the grand children are obviously too grown up for it now. It's an adorable sweater and I wish I knew how to knit so I could help her with it but I am the worse knitter in the world. I've tried several times but just couldn't get the hang of it. Mom says she doesn't remember how to knit anymore. I doubt that. I think she's depressed and simply doesn't feel like it. Same with scrap booking. I put all the supplies and photos in front of her at the table and she just sat there and stared at it all, not making any attempt to start a page for her scrap book.
It is sad to see Mom like this. I try not to let it get to me unless I'm in the bathroom or the garage with the door shut so no one will see me cry.
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