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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