Difficult start, great ending.

Sweetie and her mom.

I smiled when I found this picture. Going through her old desk, it was in a tin, with other memories. Never thought it would end up in my blog. 

I guess you are all wondering about the doctor's visit. We didn't get to see her. Sweetie was irritable from the very beginning. I even started her off with a dose of hemp oil before she got up. Breakfast went surprising well. We had Coco Pebbles with banana. She at all her cereal and was pleasant. 

It was when we head for the car, her irritability began. She wouldn't put on her seatbelt, and was snapping at me. When we got to the doctor's office, she fought her mask and I was fearful of the way she was going to be in the office. Well, we never made the office. There was a Covid check in. They wanted her to put on a new and different mask, take off her hat to be scanned for a temperature, and we were told to stand against the wall. All of which was scaring Sweetie, and she just lost it. 

We had to leave because she wouldn't follow their protocol. But on the good side, set up a video office visit. 

In the parking lot, she wouldn't get in the car, and once I got her in the car, we tangled as to the seat belt, where we were going, and on and on it went. Once home, she still was on the rampage, and so we went outside to walk. Once around the block, I was able to get her to stop and get my phone. It was good thing I did. 

Doctor called as we were walking, and we did a audio office visit. It was her weight loss that triggered her hospice inquiry. Because she hasn't seen Sweetie in over a year, and she has loss over 25lbs, it shocked her. Said that because of her weight loss, she may qualify for hospice care. I agreed, she put in a request for a visit and assessment. They are coming tomorrow. 

After we walked, Sweetie began to relax and be herself. Because I had given her extra balance medicine in the morning, it started working to ease her anxiety. Had lunch, watched some TV, went for a mall crawl, and had a quite enjoyable evening. Difficult start, great ending. 

Today, I'm going to play some disc golf with "The Boy." Sweetie is staying home with our new sitter. Have to come up with some housework for her. I think vacuuming the living room, and maybe get the dust stuff out. We'll see. 

Yesterday was one of those, "Where in the world are you taking me?" type of day. I didn't recognize the road, the scenery, and all seemed gray. Driver told me to just hold on and it would get better. It did. He doesn't mind questions as long as I follow direction. Simple, but isn't so, the simple stuff always turns out to be some of the hardest to do? As we travel down the Road to Dementia Town, Driver and me, Keeping our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv ya, and God Bless.