Another Day Another Post

Good Morning! After reading my last post I realized I probably should wait 8 hours after anything traumatic happens around here BEFORE I start blogging...what an emotional wreck I was that night. What we go through for and with our kids.

My sister came to stay with Mom and Dad the weekend of the 20th and my brother helped out this past weekend so that I could go to Leacie's basketball in GBO and Wilkesboro. It was the first time since Dad has gotten so hard to move and being the control freak I am, I left them pages with our daily schedule and instructions. I was so afraid he or she might be insulted but hopefully it made things easier. Both weekends seemed to have gone really well, and I know Mom enjoyed having someone besides me to talk to. When I got home last night, I just loved all over him. It felt like I had been gone weeks instead of days. I understand what my sister sees when she visits. Just being gone two days made me realize how frail he is. I was so touchy and gooey, I think I scared him a little!

Dad is in a grunting, moaning, puffing, sucking his teeth mode today. It is a one of the symptoms of his vascular dementia/alzheimer's that bothers me. He can get extremely loud and at times it can go on for hours. Just listening makes my throat hurt and exhausts me. When I talk to other caregivers, the noises and bathroom issues are the big ones people want ideas to cope with. We gave him trazadone last night because he was wild eyed and nervous which kind of puts him out of it the next day.

Last week I was able to take part of a day that was just for ME. When I left my job last April, the owners gave me a gift certificate to a spa. I went last Thursday and had a facial, massage and manicure - HEAVEN. Now, if I could only figure out how to afford it once a month...hm....

Please continue all your prayers, good thoughts and emails - I appreciate it more than you know.