Day 113

Saturday September 14, 2013
Physical:
I think he seemed a bit more "lucid" for the most part.  At least where he was confused about where he is, he seemed to realize something was "off".Those times are fewer and farther between, but they happen.
He seems to be losing more control over body functions; or at least, his awareness of what he needs and when is slipping.That is creating more problems, because it means more episodes of getting him up and down - and yet, still having to clean up messes occasionally.  The "clean up" doesn't bother me nearly as much as realizing he isn't aware of needing it.
He had a bad night (Friday night); but was ready to get up by about 12:30.  That's unusual, as a lot of days he wants to stay in bed until middle or even late afternoon.   He spent a lot of the afternoon dozing in his chair though.
people:
It was a a bit of an odd day.  The next door little girls came over (while he was laying down).  A friend came to visit me, and we sat in the den.  She brought some chili, which he enjoyed.  Then DSS came by in the evening.  It would have been nice if he could have gotten there earlier so he could take off trash for us; but it didn't work that way.  He visitedf awhile, and DH seemed to be mostly clear and alert.
Emotions:
Thursday night and Friday night were both nights of only 2 to 3 hours of interrupted sleep.  By Saturday I was so exhausted, I was stumbling over my own feet.  So anything I felt was tained by that.  Saturday night started out the same ... less than an hour after waking him up for pills, he was awake again and wanted to get up to use the commode.  An hour later he was "up" again - had turned on a light and had managed to reach the bookcase (but couldn't get the book back again).  I got my quilt and pillow and sat in the chair in his room ... not at all a good night's sleep, but better than running through the house off and on.  At daylight I got up and got an hour in my own comfy chair.  Something has to change though, I can't continue to function at all if I can't get any rest.