CAREGIVER NOTE:
The dreams he’s having lately are pretty vivid. He’s getting more and more frustrated, even angry, when we can’t follow through on a phone call or visit (the person is deceased) that he feels needs to be made regardless of the time or we don’t have an answer that satisfies his “need to know” in the moment. Saying “I don’t know,” isn’t’ what he wants to hear.
Hoping for a better day today.
to your heart.
CAREGIVER NOTE:
He decided to take a walk yesterday. He was very disoriented by the time he got to the neighbor’s driveway about 20 yards away. He says he doesn’t need to use the walker — it’s better for his hip. Umm, not quite the truth… but he did agree he can’t leave without the walker in the future and he can’t go unaccompanied. He’s not particularly happy about the latter. We did have a good talk afterwards when he was back in the house and looking out the back window.
The deck build is in full swing. We poured the concrete for the footings yesterday and we have one more area to pour for the stairs. We’re supposed to have a couple of days of rain this week, so we’ll have to wait for the weekend, to take the next steps. I didn’t take pictures while they mixed and filled the tubes, but did a picture of the finished project for the day. FOREVER grateful for the help — every single ounce of energy spent in helping us get this done.
lighting the path to a better world.
CAREGIVER NOTE:
His interest is peaked in the process of a deck being added to the house at the back. We started with the tear down of the old landing yesterday. He is intrigued by the steps we’ll be taking to build the handicapped accessible deck he’ll be able to use while he’s ambulatory or even in a wheelchair. He checked on the progress several times yesterday afternoon. We showed him the drawings and the discussed the next steps several times throughout the day and evening. He was wanting the next step to start ASAP, even though it was dark outside during our last conversation. He is excited, but nervous about what the birds will do when we have to move the feeders when we hang the supports next week. I told him we’d figure it out so he wouldn’t miss out on seeing the birds at the feeders and maybe even being able to watch the workers putting up the deck.
Greatitudes 