Post #9: More and better "mixed day"

Just tucked Mother into bed listening to Mozart (on a sleep timer). After sleeping all afternoon she awoke around 7:00 p.m. alert and lively. She has the nausea under control as she takes her nausea medication at regular intervals. Unfortunately, her heart is still racing every time she gets up, but she has eaten more today than she has in quite a while. That is so encouraging.

Apparently when she woke up at 7:00 she had been dreaming of - of all things - a cheese sandwich! So John whipped her up a cold cheese and mayo sandwich (without crust) and she ate 3/4 of it. Her goodnight nightcap was some morphine drops but also a little bit of whole milk (to kill the taste of the drops). She asked for the drops, not so much because she is in pain at the moment, but because she wants to be ahead of the next onset of pain.

It is now 11:50 p.m. From waking up until five minutes ago she has been lucid and talkative. Although the heart pounding is very worrisome, her awakeness and communicativeness is inspiring. Let's hope this continues or improves tomorrow.