Sunday, November 28th

We took the kids to see Vernell this afternoon. We were able to stay about 2 hours with her because she was actually awake the entire time.

As soon as we got there, her nurse came to us quickly and asked if we got her message... apparently Vernell tried to get up on her own?? The nurse said that another patients family saw her sitting on the floor beside her bed. When the nurse first told us, we thought that Vernell had fallen out of bed. When we asked for more details, the nurse told us about her sitting on the floor. The best they can figure is she was trying to get up, but didn't make it very far. The odd part is that her side rail was in place, so she would have had to climb over it to get out of the bed. The last we saw her she still could barley even sit up on her own. We are still quite confused about all of it. Vernell does not know why she was trying to get up.

Although she was awake the entire visit, she was not really "there" with us, We saw a great deal of confusion, stumbling for words, paranoia, suspicion, etc. She was asking us if she had been committed, said they were trying to make her feel like she was crazy, and we could not trust anything the staff told us about her. It was wonderful to see her able to be awake that long, showing a bit more stamina and endurance, but sooooo hard to watch her state of mind. She asked us to just get her out of there.

We talked to the nurse about how this behavior is out of character for Vernell. The nurse asked our permision to request that the dr order a urine test. Based on her confusion and agitated state, there is a suspected urinary tract infection.

While we were talking to the nurse, she indicated that they have bene getting Vernell up and walking with her to the bathroom. That stumped us because last we knew, she could not even sit upright without passing out. So we are thouroughly confused and wonder what information is accurate. (sigh)

We are hoping to get to talk to Kathy Wheeler tomorrow and see if she can shed any light on this situation.

Keep praying!!