Month: December 2023

Hoping your “blessings” list is a long one too.

CAREGIVER NOTE:

the smiles, banter and jokes are worth every minute and often come when you least expect it but need it most. Yesterday was a good – no make that a VERY GOOD sort of day in that respect. He was “off” in other ways, and repeated the same thing (checking the dog’s toys) multiple times because his eyes weren’t cooperating very well yesterday. He was happy to spend some time catching up with a couple of his sons via the phone last evening and will spend a few hours over the weekend visiting with another in person. He’s looking forward to that.

be your best you

CAREGIVER NOTE:

He managed to flood the bathroom yesterday. The toilet ran over after he tried to flush about 1/2 a roll of tp down at one time. I felt so bad for him. He had tried to clean it up and got a good bit of it done, but of course there was the aftermath to take care of and make sure it was really clean and safe for use again. I’m ever grateful for the 3 deep breaths and calm as we’ve been through this before, but not to the flowing of water out into the carpeted area. Bless his heart — he checked on me a couple of times while I was cleaning to make sure I wasn’t mad at him. Of course not, it was an accident and things happen… We had more important things to worry about — like what he wanted for lunch once the bathroom mess was cleaned up.

Last evening there were a couple of errands to run — I left hubby in charge… this is what I came home to:

Both of my favorite guys sacked out after a tough evening. 😉 It had been a long day for both of them.

Live each day.

CAREGIVER NOTE:
ER follow-up with the dr yesterday. Dr decided to change up some meds a bit and was very good about explaining things to him in a way that he could understand at least while we were there. He didn’t remember the “talk” last night when I was giving him his night meds. So it looks like we’ll be explaining why he has to “drink” one of his meds now and do it 3 times a day.

He was in pretty good spirits yesterday – hoping that holds again today and through the rest of the weekend.