Day 264
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Physical:
Despite the poor night before, Tuesday was not too bad a
day. After his very early bath, DH slept
until just a bit before noon. I had
thought he might sleep longer; and once up, I expected he’d sleep more in his
chair. But he didn’t. And he did sleep through last night, although
by the sound of his breathing, it was not a totally restful night.
Now comes the question:
does the sleeping pill do too much?
And which way is he better off:
sleeping so much of the time, or being awake and tired and agitated, not
knowing where he is. I have been vaguely
concerned abut how much time he spends sleeping (the nurse continues to tell me
it’s completely normal, his body is simply slowing down). But if staying awake more means he’s more
confused and disoriented, and more unhappy about it (mostly because I can’t
take him where he wants to be), is that better?
He ate about the same as usual, a sandwich for lunch (didn’t
finish that); and oven fried chicken, which he did eat well. He ate 3 (small) pieces of chicken, and some
grappes.
People:
The CAN came early, and didn’t tarry as she needed to get to
all of her customers before the roads got bad (which they didn’t, but no way of
knowing that ahead of time). I talked to
my brother on the phone. The nurse
called, but just to make sure all was OK, as she likely won’t be here until
Friday. Surprisingly, (or not), neither DSS nor TGF got in touch
with us at all.
Emotions:
I have waited years .. maybe all my life … for a really good
snowy winter. Well, they always say be
careful what you wish for. I turned on
the TV as soon as I got u .. and haven’t stopped being weepy since. I know I’m being overly pessimistic at this
point, and I’m trying not to be.
As of this morning the forecast is for more snow (on top of
around 4 to 5 inches yesterday), probably within the next hour or two. It will snow most of the day – another couple
of inches maybe. But at some point late
in the day it will turn to sleet and ice.
That would be the worst possible thing .. it will cause roads to be
dangerous, and will surely cause power outages.
Theree is a very small possibility of getting only rain, which would of course be a good thing. It would still cause icey roads, but without
the ice build up on power lines. The
part that’s really getting to me is that for the first time it was said there
would be yet another storm (or piece of this one, who knows) come through late
Thursday; and the highs for Friday have been lowered. They’re still in the 40s, and with sun
(finally) … IF that happens … the roads should quickly clear.
A guy on the news just “explained” why this weather is so
crazy. It’s because (1) the north pole
is melting; and (2) the jet stream is erratic.
He was a physics professor. That
makes me think of Sheldon. That makes me
not take him seriously.
Since DH had a better night (at least no waking up with his
mind in another dimention), I had a more restful one. I woke up several times, but didn’t have to
get up. The irony is that I’ve slept
bettr in a less comfortable chair .. but I think that might be at least in part
because the den is just not getting warm enough. I don’t like to sleep in too much heat, but
some. Cold air creeps in around the
windows (and is really bad when it’s windy) and counteracts the heat.
The sleeping pills never came, so now I have very little hope
of them getting here before Friday. I
guess we’ll see how he does without them for several days.
I’m going to try to push myself to get done the things on
today’s list, as well as finish things uncompleted earlier this week. It’s hard when it’s cold (the kitchen is
Cold, as is the back hall. The den isn’t
very warm). I have to make sure to have
laundry caught up, and anything else I
can do to be prepared just in case of power going out. But I’m also going to call the electric
company and make sure they’re aware of a house with a patient on oxygen and
dialysis. (technically the dialysis
*could* be done manually – but we don’t have enough solution on hand to do
enough exchanges; plus, the solution needs to be kept warm, and that also can’t
be done without electric). I have to do
anything I can to keep busy and not get more worried about the weekend. What will happen is beyond my control … but if the weather cancels my weekend, it
will likely be months before there’s another window of opportunity. Maybe many many months.
The news this morning is saying Atlanta has already been hit
with treacherous ice, and calling this a “major disaster”. It makes me wonder how they can be calling
for snow here most of the day before changing to the ice or rain. But then, I’m no scientist, and couldn’t
begin to understand all this stuff. I’m
just waiting for snow, hoping (shocking) for rain, and trying very hard not to
let myself get discouraged.
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