Getting Back to Work

Over the last few days, Sam has been having some very clear moments and then some not so clear. She has always had many varied interests and would read everything in sight. All of this information seems to be coming back to her, but often times the important connections seem to be missing. She also talks about some crazy things at times, and in many instances I kinda understand where she is coming from, but only to a certain point. Some of the scenarios she tells me however are really quite funny. The other night, when I told her to get some rest, she said, "how can I rest, I have to practice for my performances." I said.."you are performing? What are you doing? " She said, "yes" I am performing for the African Nation of Mombazza" "you are" I said...what are you doing for them..? "Well, its for the children... I'm helping to educate them"...and so the story went. Sam also now thinks she needs to get back to work, as quickly as possible "I haven't worked in a long time". She then said that she needed to "deliver some important papers" to Emily.. "I have to put this in her mail for the evening" she told me, trying to get out of her wheel chair. I told her not to worry, that it was the weekend and she didn't need to work on the weekend. This did not satisfy Sam who said "we're development people..you know we need to work all the time" She then seemed to need to deliver some things to Philippe. The only way I was able to calm her down and dissuade her was that I made up a story about running into Philippe on the elevator..." and he told me to tell you that he was going out of town for awhile, so you don't need to drop off the papers right now as he doesn't need them right away". - This seemed to work. In all of these discussions with her, I realized of course that she strongly identifies with the Metropolitan Museum, which of course makes sense, since she has worked at the Met for over 19 years. It is good that she remembers parts of her job and most of the people she has worked with...it is not good of course that in the Rehabilitation Facility she thinks she can walk out of her wheel chair to deliver papers to Philippe and Emily.
She also was insisting for awhile that I take her upstairs to her office. She needed to get to her desk. She was so insistent in fact that I went out to the nurses station to ask what was upstairs and if Sam would have ever been there. The Nurse said no- it is just the same as the other floors and no reason Sam would have been there. I then realized that Sam must have been thinking that we were at the museum and therefore we would have been in my office and Sam's Office was just upstairs..."Marcie just take me upstairs to my office" It kinda made sense, but it is hard to figure out sometimes. Sam definitely thinks she needs to get back to work, and overall, I think that is a good sign.