All out of cheers, but I wanted to comment. I know this must be so hard for you. I watched my mom in ICU for 10 days after she had brain surgery. She couldn’t speak at all when she came out of surgery - she could barely even make sounds - and it was an uphill battle as she worked to regain her speech (and mobility—she was partially paralyzed too). Are your mom’s speech problems caused by aphasia? That’s what my mom has. There is a lot of info on aphasia on the Internet, and there are even support groups in various towns and cities across the country. But I know that right now, the most important thing is for your mom to recover and be able to go home from the hospital.

I know how painful and scary it can be to watch your mom struggle with speech or mixup pronouns. I’m sending lots of good wishes your way!

The best thing you can do is just keep her company when you can, hold her hand, talk with her, tell her not to worry. She’ll fight back; she just needs your support and patience now, I imagine.

I used to work with people in long term care. It was hard to see some struggling to manage or cope, but the human spirit is pretty amazing.

I will send cheers and good wishes your way too.