The last two weeks Okaasan has opened her eyes. Repeatedly, sometimes 6-7 times a minute.
She is still in the drugged sleep, breathing deeply.
But her eyes open, her eye balls are generally high and kind of roll to the left or right, and then she closes the lids again.
Of course, we don't believe she is seeing or choosing to open her eyes. It's an involuntary action. But evidence of some brain activity?
The nurses don't appear to think it's significant. They came and gave Okaasan big nasal and mouth suction (ohhh...that's hard to watch, but obviously gives relief). And then she went back to the eye opening.
We wonder if it's a sign of the body's last push in life? I heard recently about a family member who came out of inertia before death to announce "It's time to go".
Don't know.
Autumn here now. Another year closing down. We used to go look at autumn colors in the park with Okaasan. Now we look from the hospital window.
The cat is slowly responding to heart and kidney treatment. My injured ankle (fell out of the RV!!) is repairing as the ligaments recover. The new building over the road is done and we have to close the curtains a lot to preserve privacy.
Onwards...
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