DH finally admitted that his driving edge has become less acute. There are times that he scares me when he is driving. He pulls too far forward at stop signs and red lights. He drives too close to the white or yellow lines. He follows too close. All of these can cause a disaster but he is trying and for that I give him a 10.
Surgery for myself is coming closer. Yesterday I asked DH to list the things that he felt needed to be completed around the house before I go to the hospital. He had a very good list at the end of the day. I almost completed one of his items. There has been a box of books in our master bedroom since the carpeting was cleaned. Last night I put most of the books away. Tonight I will complete the task. When I say books I mean close to 250 books. My endurance is not great now so I am taking my time but sticking to it until I give up or finish.
Please continue to pray for all dementia and Alzheimer's patients, their care givers, families and friends. God bless you.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
DH not well
Yesterday DH visited the doctor for his weekly protime test. (He is on Coumadin therapy and currently the dosage is changing weekly.) After my visit with our primary care physician last week and some straight talk the first thing they did was take an x-ray of his lungs. He has fluid in his lungs again. They put him on a strong antibiotic and took blood samples for various tests. DH is scared that he is sick again and will end up in the hospital. I keep encouraging him by reminding him that this time we caught it early and will see it through to total healing. He was also told that it will take six months for his strength to totally return. I don't think he liked that, but it will give him a time line to work towards.
The rehab hospital that he was in the final two weeks of his hospitalization has a six month free use of the physical therapy swimming pool. I am encouraging him to take advantage of it. If I encourage (nag) him often enough he will finally hear me and call about arrangements. He needs this to help regain his strength.
I extend my deepest sympathies to Ami Simms and her family. Ami's mother Beebe passed away this last weekend from Alzheimer's and will be deeply missed. You can visit Ami's blog at www.amisimms.wordpress.com. She is the founder of the Alzheimer's Quilt Initiative at http://www.alzquilts.org/.
I have a very busy next two weeks so posts may not be daily or very long.
Thank you again for all your prayers for dementia patients, their care givers and extended families. This is a very tough road to walk.
The rehab hospital that he was in the final two weeks of his hospitalization has a six month free use of the physical therapy swimming pool. I am encouraging him to take advantage of it. If I encourage (nag) him often enough he will finally hear me and call about arrangements. He needs this to help regain his strength.
I extend my deepest sympathies to Ami Simms and her family. Ami's mother Beebe passed away this last weekend from Alzheimer's and will be deeply missed. You can visit Ami's blog at www.amisimms.wordpress.com. She is the founder of the Alzheimer's Quilt Initiative at http://www.alzquilts.org/.
I have a very busy next two weeks so posts may not be daily or very long.
Thank you again for all your prayers for dementia patients, their care givers and extended families. This is a very tough road to walk.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Although I had a four day weekend most of the time was spent working in the kitchen, working on a toilet that will not flush and searching for 5 pistols that belong to DH. The kitchen is almost back in pristine shape, the toilet is still not working and DH found 4 of the pistols. Today he will be looking for the last one. Finding these pistols takes a load off my mind.
We did have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with DD, SIL and GS. Jeremy is growing into such a wonderful boy. He and I had a long conversation and I must say he is fantastic. I love him too much to define. After dinner we had some target practice. Wait, you say. Jeremy is only 7. Well that kid can sure shoot a marshmallow blaster. I learned from him. What fun!
I have a very heavy work load during the next 15 calendar days and on December 16 I will be having my right knee replaced. I don't know how much blogging I will do in the meantime. I also need to stick very strictly to my diet so that my physical therapy after surgery is easier. 30 minutes 3 times a day for knee replacement physical therapy and some of it is patient driven. Thank God some of it is a machine that works on keeping the knee flexing. I will start at 35 degrees and end up at 110 degrees flex. After that any additional flexibility will be on my own.
DH is worried about how he will be able to care for me after I get home from my three day hospital stay. I am sure that he will do fine. He is still showing symptoms of dementia. Last night he repeated the same question within 5 minutes, but stopped half way through as he realized that he was repeating. That in itself is reasuring.
Bless you and please continue to pray for dementia patients and their extended families.
Have a great day.
We did have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with DD, SIL and GS. Jeremy is growing into such a wonderful boy. He and I had a long conversation and I must say he is fantastic. I love him too much to define. After dinner we had some target practice. Wait, you say. Jeremy is only 7. Well that kid can sure shoot a marshmallow blaster. I learned from him. What fun!
I have a very heavy work load during the next 15 calendar days and on December 16 I will be having my right knee replaced. I don't know how much blogging I will do in the meantime. I also need to stick very strictly to my diet so that my physical therapy after surgery is easier. 30 minutes 3 times a day for knee replacement physical therapy and some of it is patient driven. Thank God some of it is a machine that works on keeping the knee flexing. I will start at 35 degrees and end up at 110 degrees flex. After that any additional flexibility will be on my own.
DH is worried about how he will be able to care for me after I get home from my three day hospital stay. I am sure that he will do fine. He is still showing symptoms of dementia. Last night he repeated the same question within 5 minutes, but stopped half way through as he realized that he was repeating. That in itself is reasuring.
Bless you and please continue to pray for dementia patients and their extended families.
Have a great day.
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