Mom Eats By Herself

My sister reported today that she took Mom to a doctor's appointment. After bringing her back to the care center, she stayed to feed Mom lunch. She reported that she went to feed her and mom grabbed the fork out of her hand and insisted on feeding herself.  This is the first time we have seen our mom feed herself in a very long time.

One of the aides commented that she is started to do all kinds of things that she was not doing before such as going into the bathroom by herself to use the bathroom (she was not successful, however, because she only has the use of her right hand right now) AND she unbuckled her own seat belt on her wheelchair, stood up and walked out of the dining room because she was tired of waiting for the aide to get back.

These are pretty amazing feats for someone who has been diagnosed with stage IV Huntington's disease!