"Miserable" day, Weekend visiting, Rosebud Parade

Denise felt like she was having a miserable day today. On the heels of yesterday, that's the way it would seem. Yesterday she had about four hours of therapy. Today she only had about an hour & a half, but we were expecting to have four to six hours, just based on the trend since she arrived. Apparently weekends are much lighter. Even though the patient to nurse ratio is 5 to 1, there were so many people coming to work with Denise yesterday that if she needed something, someone could take care of it. Because there were so few therapy sessions today, there were fewer people around and it took much longer for someone to get to her, so she felt helpless & frustrated. One of her college buddies that has a disability came to visit yesterday and today. Denise wasn't particularly "encouragable" today, but she did feel better to talk with someone that really has an idea of what she's going through.

Weekend Visits:
One productinve thing that came out of today was that we know what to expect on weekends now. Since there will apparently be very little therapy on weekends, visitors are welcome during the hospital's visiting hours (I believe 10am-8pm). There's free parking on Saturdays & Sundays in the La Vina lot from Pasadena Ave (the closest lot to Denise's room).

We went to participate in the Pasadena Rosebud Parade this morning with the kids. They decked their wagons out with real and paper flowers & flags. Jacob was pulling his flowers off almost as fast as we could put them on. It's the first time we ever did it, and it was tons of fun. Denise's parents, my dad, and one of Denise's college buddies enjoyed the morning with us. The kids even got a picture with the Rose Queen and the court that will be in the Rose Parade in a few more weeks.

I have a page magnifier for Denise! Thanks for the tips on where to find them. Hopefully it'll do the trick for her.

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