The Problem with being Frisky

The other day we had "chatty, happy Maxine"  It was wonderfully weird.  But because she was feeling so good she was doing crazy stuff like getting up on her own.  After doing some crossword puzzles and talking and talking and talking she got up on her own, walked with her walker to the table and then I guess bent to reach something and FELL.  I was in the kitchen, the missionaries had just arrived for dinner and Rodger was doing something somewhere.  Floyd was the only witness and is not quick enough or strong enough to come to the rescue.                                                                 
 After  a quick assessment we decided everything worked and helped her up.  She was a bit shaken but still cheerful and talkative.  She asked the Elders about their girlfriends and what they were studying.  She was definitely engaging. 


At bedtime she was sore but okay and made it too bed okay, even if a little slower. While getting in she said to Floyd.  "I am so sore.  I feeling like I have been skiing for 3 weeks"


  About 10 pm I heard a thump and found her one the floor by the side of the bed.  Not cool.   She needed to go to the bathroom.  Another weird thing.  She never says that and is never excited about sitting on the toilet and now she is trying to go herself?  Scary but good.   In the morning Floyd reported that she woke him to take her to the bathroom another time.  Also scary because he is almost as unstable as she is.  Imagine a little walker train helping each other to the bathroom. 


Since then she hasn't been as happy.  We are chalking it up to soreness from the fall and are looking for the happy Max to return.  She is eating a bit better, and doesn't yell quite as much.  This morning was shower day and she wasn't too excited about that.  I think she told me that she was "not showering" at least 10 times. But we did it and it went pretty smooth.  After the shower while getting dressed she told me again that she was not showering so I told her she was lucky because we were already done. 


Tomorrow is church and getting in and out of the care.  Those are never fun for her.  We will see how it goes.