Mom has been in a rehabilitation facility since Monday night.  She is doing very well there, although she still says she just does not feel well.  She says she feels lousy, as a matter of fact.

On Monday Mom was moved to Chandler Estate which is a big complex of apartments, assisted living apartments and a nursing home/skilled nursing home section.  John and I talked with the case manager at the hospital for Mom this morning and she let us know that everything is moving along to have Mom moved to a rehab facility.  Well, they finally got all the paperwork in order and taken care of in the early evening and by around 6 or 6:30 pm Mom arrived at Chandler.  She looked fine as they wheeled her to her room although I think all of us were kind of in shock as to how the place looked.  It's a very nice place inside and although it was dark outside, it looked nice out there also.  It's just that there were SO many people in the hallways in wheelchairs and it just seemed a little overwhelming coming from the hospital. So, we stayed with Mom until she was settled in her room and I think we all left there afterwards feeling not so good about the situation.  We just hoped she was going to have a good night and would be ok with her new situation.

On Tuesday, Mom had a good day.  She took part in a "Red Hat Society" meeting which got together (with everyone wearing red hats, of course) to listen to someone play Christmas with a clarinet.  Then later that day Santa paid a visit and Mom got a nice new blanket throw.  John also took her outside to see the herb garden which she apparently really enjoyed.  She and John had a good day together and I think it really boosted Mom's spirits to have John there and to have someone with her on that first day who could also attend with her all these "strange but interesting" new functions of this new place.  It made the transition so much easier for her.  Kathy, Linda, Jacob, John, Guillermo and I had dinner that evening at La Fonda on Main which is right around the corner from Chandler.

Today, Wednesday, Mom got her hair done at Chandler and she also attended a rosary mass there.  Then in the afternoon, she had some physical therapy.  Again, John spent a lot of the day with Mom.