Get Your Seatbelt On

When I arrived this evening, Sam was in the hallway outside the nurses station and seemed to be doing a bit better than the day before. When the nurse saw me, she said "Sam" show Marcie your seat belt. Sam didn't really respond, so the nurse walked over and said, Sam...show Marcie how you can get out of your seat belt...finally after a few more requests, Sam showed me her new seat belt and then pulled the seat belt off and a very loud alarm sounded. Okay, that is why the nurse wanted Sam to demonstrate this for me...to show me that she is safely alarmed in her wheelchair. Apparently today, Sam had made a few attempts at getting up out of her wheelchair, and since she is not yet able to walk (she's getting there though), the seat belt is alarmed. Now Sam has an alarmed bed AND an alarmed wheelchair. At least they are being cautious.