Friday, August 6, 2010
August 6, 2010
Just wanted to give you an update on Jan's condition. It has not been such a bad week, her alertness is fading earlier and earlier, but thank goodness she has not had the type of day as she had earlier in the month. She has had some people visit this week and I think that may have given her more stimulation. Today I was off for a few hours so I went to visit a adult living community in North Richland Hills. It was very nice, complete with lots of amenities and very expensive. Oh well, it may not be what we are headed for anyway. I hope all of you are having a good month. Please pray for those families that have lost children that I mentioned earlier
Monday, August 2, 2010
August 1st post
It's been a while and for those of you checking I told you that I would try posting each month unless something tragic happened. Well, nothing tragic, just earth shattering. Some of our friends lost a newborn grand baby, so very tragic. Another Friend of mine, one from high school had a son take a trip to Mexico and died. He was the youngest son and I can't imagine. So, much has happened.
Jan has also had and interesting month. I am sorry to report that Sunday night was probably the worst day that we have had. My hope is that it doesn't continue. Sunday, late afternoon the window closed for Jan. She became very confused, suspicious and angry. I couldn't do anything right and she didn't want any of my help. She of course struggled to communicate, failing for the most part to do or say anything that made sense. Nothing worked, humor, reasoning, simple kindness. The food I prepared was not adequate and she needed no help eating, although she didn't eat. I was struggling to try to understand, but never did. For the first time, my thoughts began to question if someone else, or some place might be able to help her better than I could. I have resisted these thoughts because of the promise I made to Jan. I was surprised I had the thoughts, but the situation made me realize that in many ways I am limited as to what I can do to help Jan. Her attitude of continuous unhappiness is of great concern to me.
Jan has also had and interesting month. I am sorry to report that Sunday night was probably the worst day that we have had. My hope is that it doesn't continue. Sunday, late afternoon the window closed for Jan. She became very confused, suspicious and angry. I couldn't do anything right and she didn't want any of my help. She of course struggled to communicate, failing for the most part to do or say anything that made sense. Nothing worked, humor, reasoning, simple kindness. The food I prepared was not adequate and she needed no help eating, although she didn't eat. I was struggling to try to understand, but never did. For the first time, my thoughts began to question if someone else, or some place might be able to help her better than I could. I have resisted these thoughts because of the promise I made to Jan. I was surprised I had the thoughts, but the situation made me realize that in many ways I am limited as to what I can do to help Jan. Her attitude of continuous unhappiness is of great concern to me.
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