It's been a sombre few days. We've attended two funeral wakes since Monday - one for Miruna's mum and today for Siew Mei's dad. A timely reminder of ultimate realities.
So I feel almost guilty in relishing the latest good, indeed excellent, news about my Mum. John and Maureen report that on their most recent visit she was in the best form since being admitted to hospital last year. She's out-eating all the other residents of the nursing home - in fact, it seems she's not above stealing any food that takes her fancy. She's watching television again, which is remarkable considering she showed no interest whatsoever in all the time we were with her back in December. And she was conversing quite reasonably throughout their visit, although she couldn't remember eating dinner.
So it would appear that now she's got the company of others, is eating nutritious food and is monitored over her medicine, she's actually making progress. Our narrative regarding her is having to be re-written. Now we're all aware this could be, is most likely, a temporary phenomenon and tomorrow things might look very different and a lot more bleak. But we're very happy indeed to gratefully accept whatever mercies time affords.
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