Day 223

Day 223

ThurSday January 2, 2014

Physical:

I don’t really notice much change on a  day to day basis, though I think people who don’t see DH often may. The biggest things to deal with now seem to be the sleep patterns (he actually sleeps way more than he’s awake; but he mostly sleeps in short bursts – rarely as much as all night at once,).  His appetite hasn’t changed; but I do see that a lot of that is that he’s just not interested in eating unless I give him something he likes a lot.  (Even though I’ve been avoiding cooking ground meat, I’m going to have to try – he does like hamburger helper.   Between the difficulty in cooking something like that when I can’t see what I’m doing well enough to tell if it’s properly done, and the dialysis nutritionists snarky comments about HH not being “nutritious”, I’ve been avoiding it.  But it’s more nutritious than candy or chips!)

The coughing continues to be a problem; but on Thursday he had a bit more of it even while sitting in his chair.  But Thursday night was the quietest in a long time.

People:

On Wednesday we didn’t see anyone at all.  On Thursday the CAN came fairly early.  In the afternoon DH’s sister came by.  She gave DH a real good haircut, and then between us we got his hair washed.  She also cut his fingernails.

In the evening DSS came by and did the heparin … first time in about 2 weeks (but DH has been OK anyway).

Emotions:

If I don’t get some sleep I just don’t know how I can keep functioning.  I get *some* sleep; but never enough.  The waking up in the middle of the night (2:30; 3:30; 4:30) means I never get *enough* so I’m tired and cranky all the time.

**Now Friday morning, last night was a better night.  I didn’t sleep well because of the wind howling all night; but I didn’t have to get up, and DH only had a few instances of coughing and “fidgeting” .. and settled quickly..  This morning he’s sound asleep .. I think he may have thought he wasn’t warm enough during the night (“only” had 3 blankets), so I added one more that is doubled .. so he’s weighted down with 5 layers, 2 of them fleece.

It’s an extraordinarily cold day, and I don’t anticipate getting much done .. maybe a good day to just listen to a book.  Maybe.