Day 239
Saturday, January 18 2014
Physical:
This was actually a fairly good day. It started out messy (you don’t want to
know!!!), once DH was up and dressed he was reasonably calm. There were no incidents of trying to get out
of the chair. He didn’t eat “breat”, but
he did at least eat a ham sandwich and then several pieces of chicken for
supper. I know – he’s not getting any
veggies or fruit. I keep trhying, but
can’t force it down him. L I’m looking for way around the issue (i.e.,
giving him juice instead of water with his pills, with the “excuse” that the
pills won’t taste so bad).
Even though he slept most of the day, as usual, he had a good
night with not much coughing.
People:
Our DDIL and DGD15 came around mid afternoon and stayed 3 or 4 hours.
DDIL helped me with a lot of the irritating little issues, like mail,
that give me a hard time. That also
frees up time on Sunday. I totally
enjoyed their visit! I think DH enjoyed having DGD there – when he was awake at
least. She actually enjoyed watching
something on TV with him, which was great.
Emotions:
When I am less tired, I am less stressed. That’s just common sense. But most days, even if I start out feeling
rested, by the end of the day I’m totally exhausted .. and therefore a bit
weepy.
The best days are the ones with contact with people outside
of this house. I don’t expect company
every day. I don’t even want it .. I do
occasionally need my “down” time. And I’m
really not doing a good job of keeping the house “company ready”, so I need
time to work on that. But yet .. any day
that I have company, or a phone call, or an email, is a bit brighter. I believe DH has slightly better days when he
has company (even though he tends to sleep through most visits). And by company, I do not mean “duty visits”. That’s what the visits from the social worker
and the chaplain start to feel like, especially when they come tandem. But, they’re doing their jobs.
I have slight hopes now of a light at the end of a long dark
tunnel. There are many road blocks still
– a lot of coordinating needed, and some aspects may not work out at all. But at least there’s that glimmer of
hope. And there is the comfort of
knowing someone is willing to step up and offer to help out in a situation that
was looking awfully bleak. We’ll see
what happens, and I’ll try not to get excited, at least not until a lot more
pieces fall into place.
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