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Thursday, January 15, 2009

A Rough Afternoon

Richard was unable to get in the shower by the time Brenda got here to give him his bath. He was barely able to turn around and sit down on the toliet for a sponge bath. When she finished, he was unable to stand up and they called for me. It took both of us to stand him up to finish dressing him but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Oh @#$#%^%^#@^&&%$@

The water heater burned out and we had to have it replaced. I had to boil water for the aide to give Richard a bath. Why now. WAA WAAA WAA. Okay thats out. I guess I will have to visualize a money tree in the backyard. Richard has had a pretty good day except for worrying about the water heater.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Please Don't Die On A Cold Day

Richard in his younger days. He has a great nephew who looks just like him. It has been a long day. We were up most of last night, in fact all of last night. I had to go out this afternoon to mail Richard's pension papers to his friend in Texas so he could certify that he had seen Richard have a... Sign in to see full entry.

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It's 3am and We Don't Know Where We Live

Richard woke me up because he had to get up. OK I don't mind to help him move into a more comfortable position because it is usually a turn to one side or the other but he wanted to get up and put his clothes on and go back to our house. I told him that we were at our house. He said no, look out the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

OCD and Alzhiemer's

Ri chard has obsessed about his antibiotic prescription all day. By the time we got out of the Dr. office on Friday it was past 6pm and we had to take Teen home. Richard was so tired that we went straight home. He froze while trying to get out of the car and couldn't walk. I like to have never got... Sign in to see full entry.

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