In the mood?

 Playlist for bedside visits...

In the mood by Glenn Miller...Dionne Warwick...Herb Alpert...kind of unusual sounds for a Japanese hospital room!

But, finally we can get in to see Okaasan and sit bedside playing her music from our smartphones. We THINK she likes it, there is head movement/shaking and not too many grimaces and tooth grinding. The occasional open eye and look.

It may be pleasure. It doesn't look like distaste or anger.

But, hard to know.

We went last week and again this week. Stayed about 20-25 mins. The dopamine drips in, the sounds waft around...and so another visit goes. Occasionally she opens her eyes and appears to look at us - and know who we are? Maybe.

But Summer of 2024 we are doing these regular visits.

FINALLY!!! Visits!!!

 

We are here!!!

Anytime (well, almost) we want!

The care home has relaxed the family visit rules and from June we can go any afternoon, apart from bath-time on Fridays, we can stay up to half an hour and we can be a maximum of a 3-person group.

All great. Finally. A chance to do more quality visits. Once a week. Try to catch Okaasan when she is awake. Play some music via the smart phone. Take in flowers to show her. Prattle on about stuff.

30 mins is more than enough time. The care home is 10 mins drive from home, so once a week is very doable...or more times, if we chose.

This week we had bedside time. Okaasan sometime opening her eyes to look at us, and then drifting away into a gently snoring sleep. The nurses said we can quietly play music from our smartphone - Dear Son says Glenn Miller would be Okaasan's choice.

More regular visits can resume :-)