And now may the Lord bless you and keep you.

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

And may God grant unto you His peace-in your going out and in your coming in,

In your lying down and in your rising up,

In your labor and in your leisure,

In your laughter and in your tears,

Until you come to stand before Jesus

In that day in which there is no sunset and no dawning.

Amen

Friday, January 16, 2009

DH is on top of things

Yesterday DH called the company that has put alarm systems on all of our vehicles. They are going out of business and selling everything at half price. We are going to get additional remote controls for both vehicles and have an alarm system put on the newest vehicle with a remote starter as well. The older vehicle needs some maintenance work on its alarm system and we are going to try to get it back in full working order. DH thought of this on his own and pursued the necessary information. When he told me about his research he indicated that we had about 24 hours to act on it.

This morning it was the first thing on my mind. I wasn't trying to test DH, but busy getting ready for work, and didn't remind him of the conversation. As DH was driving me to work he brought up the subject himself. This indicates to me that his short term memory is not as impacted by the dementia as we were afraid it was. This is a big Woo Who!

DH has been a wonderful care giver and now it is time for us to trade the titles again. He injured his spine over the holidays and after an extensive MRI he is going to have an epidural to try and move the disk back 1/4" into the proper position. If the epidural doesn't work spinal surgery is the next step. This will not be an easy time for us.

MIL is moving to our hometown the last weekend in January. She will be in a nursing home within 2 miles of our house. We will start packing her heirloom possessions this weekend. We will also be packing some of her off season clothes as well. I anticipate 9 boxes and some large sized garbage bags will come back to our house this weekend. It is a small start, but it will be an accomplishment. She has held on so long that it is harder on her now than it would have been a few years ago. I feel for her. She is loosing her Independence and her privacy. Two very hard things for an individual to do. Thank God I had a long week in a nursing home during my recovery from surgery. As a patient I now know what to look for and how to help her with the transition.

Please keep praying for all dementia patients, their caregivers and families as they struggle to love and help.
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