She is comfortable within the Lodge which is now her home.
For her birthday I wanted to give her something special and so I decided she might enjoy a pedicure. I arranged to be with the lady who would do the pedicure to make sure Dianna would be receptive and have some awareness that this was a special birthday present for her. During the process, which went very well, Dianna alternated between sleep and awake. She couldn't see but she could feel the lady massaging her feet and touching her toes.As it turned out, she quite enjoyed all this touch and even though she couldn't see what was happening.She now has pink sparkly toenails which I will show her sometime when she is more alert.
At lunch the staff and residents sang Happy Birthday to her and I had tied two balloons to her chair. Dianna now seemed to have a greater awareness of the fact that it was her birthday.
During lunch I was told that one of Di's paintings received honorable mention at the Comox Valley Fall Fair and was on display with other Lodge entries on a table in the main hall. This was a pleasant surprise and went to have a look at it after I had taken Di back to her room. While admiring it Scott came in with coffee and flowers for Dianna from Lisa, Les, Lynn, and himself. Dianna was pleased too see him and as we chatted over coffee became more alert and also participated in our conversation.
It was tough to leave her but both Scott and I had other things we had to do. We left promising to return the next day.
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