100 feet of cane walking... twice! Ice cream diet?

The big accomplishment today is that Denise walked over 100 feet with a regular cane, and did it twice. The only emesis she was was at noon. That's the first time since 4:30am yesterday. She also ate about four ounces of ice cream for "dinner" tonight and it's staying down. The ice cream diet... this could be the beginning of something. That ought to pack on calories. By the way, I mentioned in a previous post that she's holding weight, but not gaining. As I think about it, she's increasing her physical activity each day and burning more calories. Maybe that's not so bad. Thank you to all the people that have offered to donate your unwanted pounds to Denise over the last several weeks. If only there were a way, huh?
She had a fairly long window of time where she was sitting up or ambulating (that's my new medical jargon word)... about an hour and fifteen minutes. Most of that time was spent in the "family room." The family room has a large screen TV. While watching Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, she was able to read the questions on the screen! Much of that time was spent with the nursing facility's cat, Clovis, on her lap. I think it's kind of ironic that Denise survived Valley Fever, and now the facility she's at has a cat that's got the same name as a city in the central valley of California (I'm told that west Clovis is the nice part of Fresno). Gracie and Jacob love that cat. I think cats are great as long as they're at someone else's house. I've got to admit, this cat seems pretty nice. Then again, I haven't bowled the cat down one of the smooth-floored hallways yet. Maybe I'll get a chance when nobody's looking...

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