Wednesday, January 18, 2012
" HOW DO I GET HOME FROM HERE"??
POOR MIKE. LAST NIGHT HE WAS SO DISORIENTED IT WAS NO LONGER FUNNY. HE WAS STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BED ROOM ABOUT 1:30AM WHEN HE UTTERED THE WORDS ABOVE. I TOLD HIM TO COME TO BED, BUT MIKE SAID "NOT HERE"! "I WANT TO GO HOME"!! I TRIED TO TELL HIM HE WAS HOME, AND HE SAID I WAS CRAZY. I GOT UP AND PUT HIM IN BED (WITH MUCH RESISTANCE). I THEN TOLD HIM HE WAS IN HIS HOUSE IN HIS BED WITH HIS WIFE. HE SAID "YOU SOUND LIKE MY WIFE". I ASKED HIM IF HE REMEMBERED MY NAME, TO WHICH HE ANSWERED "LINDA MARIE". I ASKED HIM WHERE DID HE THINK HE WAS, TO WHICH HE SAID-"OUT OF THIS WORLD". I THEN ASKED HIM IF HE WAS DREAMING OF THE NEW WORLD, TO WHICH HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW. THAT WAS ONE OF ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES I HAD TO GET MIKE BACK IN BED LAST NIGHT. IT WAS JUST A MISERABLE NIGHT WITH OUT SLEEP AGAIN. HIS HOSPICE NURSE PEGGY WILL BE HERE THIS A.M., AND I WILL ADDRESS THIS MATTER WITH HER. I ALSO NEED TO FIND OUT IF THEY PROVIDE BOOST OR ENSURE AS MIKE IS JUST NOT EATING LIKE HE USE TO. I AM ALSO WORRIED ABOUT MY HEALTH. THE DOCTOR SAID TO DRINK LOTS OF LIQUIDS AND GET LOTS OF BED REST. I HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE MORE OF THE FIRST, AND PRECIOUS LITTLE OF THE SECOND!! I'M READY TO ASK FOR HELP FROM ANY ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER 2 OR 3 HOURS ONE DAY DURING THE WEEK, SO I CAN TAKE CARE OF MY PERSONAL NEEDS (DOCTORS & DENTAL VISITS, GROCERY SHOPPING, SANITY BREAK, ETC.). I WILL CHECK WITH HOSPICE AND SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN HELP ME WITH. WELL, I THINK I AM JUST TOO TIRED TO THINK RIGHT NOW, SO I WILL SAY ADIOS UNTIL TOMORROW. SAW A FEW LOGS FOR ME WILL YA?? JUST ME
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