SLEEPLESS IN ORLANDO

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF ANY ONE ELSE OUT THERE WHO IS DEALING WITH AN ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT IS GOING THROUGH WHAT I HAVE BEEN.  MIKE WILL GO TO BED AT MIDNIGHT-SOMETIMES LATER, AND YET, HE IS AWAKE AT 3 OR 4 AM!!  THAT WOULD NOT BE SO BAD, EXCEPT THAT WHEN HE'S AWAKE, HE WANTS ME TO BE AWAKE AS WELL.  FIRST, HE WILL GENTLY RUB MY BACK AND SHOULDERS, THEN HE WILL START PATTING MY SHOULDER EVER SO SOFTLY. IF I DON'T LET HIM KNOW THAT I AM AWAKE AFTER ALL THAT, HE WILL START TO PAT MY SHOULDER A LITTLE HARDER, OR RUB MY BACK WITH MORE UMP THAN BEFORE.  NOW, OF COURSE I AM AWAKE BY NOW, JUST PRETENDING TO BE SLEEPING, HOPING THAT HE WILL STOP, AND GO BACK TO SLEEP.  SOMETIMES IT WORKS, AND OTHER TIMES NOT SO MUCH.  THIS MORNING WHEN I DID NOT LET HIM KNOW THAT I WAS AWAKE, HE GOT UP AND TOOK A SHOWER, WHICH OF COURSE CAUSED HIS OSTOMY BAG TO LEAK.  NOW HE HAS A REAL GOOD REASON TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM AWAKE.  I OF COURSE SPRANG TO MY FEET, GOT ALL THE SUPPLIES I NEED FOR THE JOB, AND PROCEEDED TO CHANGE HIM. THAT IS PURELY SELFISHNESS ON MY PART, BECAUSE IF I DID NOT JUMP UP AND CHANGE HIM RIGHT AWAY, I WILL HAVE SHEETS, TOWELS, AND BED SPREAD TO WASH WHEN I DID GET UP. SO, LONG STORY SHORT, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, MIKE STILL HAS HIS WAYS OF GETTING HIS WAY!!!  TILL LATER-JUST ME