MIKE'S SLEEPATHON !!!

MIKE SLEPT NON STOP FROM FRIDAY NIGHT ALL THE WAY TO 5PM ON SUNDAY!!  I TRIED TO GET HIM UP SEVERAL TIMES, BUT HE WOULD SAY "I'M O.K. HERE", AND NOT MAKE ANY EFFORT TO GET UP.  HE ONLY ATE A QUARTER OF A SANDWICH AND ABOUT HALF A SHAKE THAT FONDA BROUGHT HIM ON SAT. WHILE HE WAS STILL LYING IN BED!! SHE HAD TO LIFT HIS HEAD SO HE WOULD NOT CHOKE.  THEN HE PROCEEDED TO GO RIGHT BACK TO SLEEP.  HE MAY EVEN HAVE BEEN SLEEP EATING FOR ALL I KNOW-HE SURE DOES A LOT OF SLEEP TALKING.  IT IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO TELL WHEN HE IS AWAKE AND WHEN HE IS ASLEEP, AS HE OFTEN MAKES NO SENSE WHEN HE SPEAKS THESE DAYS.  ANY HOW, I WAS SO CONCERNED ABOUT HIS NOT EATING AND SLEEPING SO MUCH THAT I CALLED HOSPICE, AND THEY SENT A NURSE OUT RIGHT AWAY.  SHE ASKED HIM HOW OLD HE WAS, AND HE POINTED TO ME AND SAID "TELL HER HOW LONG I AM".  I THEN REMINDED HER THAT HE HAS ALZHEIMER'S, AND HAS NOT BEEN MAKING A LOT OF SENSE LATELY.  SHE TOLD ME TO KEEP GIVING HIM HIS PAIN MEDS. WHEN HE LOOKS OR SAYS HE IS IN PAIN, AS THE GOAL IS TO KEEP HIM PAIN FREE. SHE ALSO SAID HE IS MOST LIKELY IN HIS FINAL WEEKS-NOT GOOD NEWS.  MIKE HAS ADMITTED THAT HE IS IN A LOT OF PAIN A COUPLE TIMES, SO I GAVE HIM ADDITIONAL MORPHINE, AS I WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO.  HE STAYED UP UNTIL ALMOST 1:00AM LAST NIGHT, AND THEN CONTINUED TO KEEP ME AWAKE UNTIL 4AM WITH THE LIGHTS BEING ON, AND I HAD TO GO TURN OFF THE T.V. IN THE LIVING ROOM AND THE OTHER LIGHTS HE LEFT ON IN THERE.  HE WAS A LITTLE ARGUMENTATIVE AGAIN LAST NIGHT WHEN I WOULD TRY AND DO SOMETHING HE WAS OBVIOUSLY HAVING TROUBLE DOING (LIKE CONNECTING HIS OVER NIGHT FOLEY BAG) NOT SURE WHY-OTHER THAN HIS PAIN IS GETTING WORSE.  WE HAD A LOVELY BIBLE STUDY LAST NIGHT WITH SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS.  THEY EVEN PROVIDED THE FOOD!!  WE TOOK TURNS READING 4 CHAPTERS  (112-115), IN THE "GREATEST MAN" BOOK AND MIKE FOLLOWED ALONG WITH MY FINGER POINTING OUT EACH WORD.  HE EVEN MADE A FEW COMMENTS, BUT SADLY THEY WERE NOT UNDERSTANDABLE.  AFTER ALL THESE MANY YEARS IN THE TRUTH, THAT REMAINS MY FAVORITE BOOK (OTHER THAN THE BIBLE OF COURSE).  WELL, I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE WHAT TODAY WILL BRING.  WILL MIKE SLEEP FOR 2 AND 1/2 DAYS AGAIN, OR WILL HE BE UP SOON?  I HAD PRECIOUS LITTLE SLEEP LAST NIGHT, SO I AM GOING TO TRY AND TAKE A LITTLE NAP IF THE DOGIES WILL LET ME AND IF MIKE DOESN'T WAKE UP RIGHT AWAY.  I'VE DECIDED THAT CARING FOR SOMEONE WITH ALZHEIMER'S IS MUCH LIKE TAKING CARE OF A TWO YEAR OLD-ONLY HARDER!!  YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY WILL GET INTO NEXT, AND YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T MEAN TO DO SOMETHING WRONG, SO YOU CAN'T EVEN PUNISH THEM!!  THANKS FOR ALL THE PHONE CALLS, PRAYERS, AND SUPPORT-I LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL!!!  JUST ME