caregiver

tenderness

CAREGIVER NOTE:
The shadows were alive last night …. He was seeing things and swore up and down there was something in his room. He couldn’t hear it, but he saw it. He wasn’t really afraid, but didn’t want to sleep if there was something else in his room. A thorough sweep with an extra light seemed to help — and he was able to go back to sleep…
He’s wanting to find some chocolate drops for Uncle Pert. We’re taking him out this evening to try to find some of the candy he remembers so fondly. We’ll see how that goes — I’m sure he’ll be eating them in remembrance of his favorite uncle on Christmas day.

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.