skye08 Living with Alzhiemer's

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Sunday, October 5, 2008

A Visit To the Doctor

Friday was a visit to Richard's family physician. It was his first visit since June except for one visit to see the physician assistant. Also, his Doctor had just recently come back to work. He had a heart attack and had open heart surgery after Richard's last visit. Everything was status quo. His... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 3, 2008

I went out for the afternoon

What a day! I was just so tired and could have slept all day but woke up at 5:00am after the 3:00am wake up. Fixed Richard a big breakfast with fried potatoes, biscuits, gravy and eggs. While I was finishing Teena got here. I got Richard's breakfast on the table and him situated and I had to go back... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 2, 2008

The Strangeness of Alzhiemer's and Parkinsons

For the past 3 days Richard has been extremely self independent until 7pm and suddenly he is totally dependent for 2-3 hours. He can't even move his feet and his speech is garbled and his face is stone like. He complains of pain and even with extra pain medication he just lies and moans and moans if... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

my other blogs

Please check out The Wasting on Caregivers Thoughts and The Dysfunctional Marriage Manual on lessons in life. I would love to get your feed back. I would like to expand the Marriage manual to a book. A very uneventful day. Richard was awake 2 times last night so my sleep was at intervals. We had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 29, 2008

Another Day to Bottle for Future Use

Although it started out rough and with very little sleep, the day has ended well. Richard had no pity on me this morning and the lack of sleep for the past 2 nights. Betty came today and all became right with the world. She is so good and Richard is so comfortable with her that he lets me rest when... Sign in to see full entry.

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