Pilgrimages.

Sweetie, granddaughters & pier.

She is such a water, beach, ocean gal. She just couldn't get enough of the beach, being at the edge of the continent. If she could, she would have been a mermaid living in the water. I'm so grateful that we were able to make those pilgrimages to the beach while she could still remember where she was and the special times they were. 

I've been thinking about running off to Hawaii after Sweetie is called home. One last time, and just spend the time exploring the island. Doing my best to soak myself in her memories. 

Thursday

I had been watching Sweetie all morning via the Nanny Cam. She was restless, struggling to get to sleep. When it was clear that she couldn't, or wouldn't go back to sleep, I went in to get her. 

All her prune juice had worked. She was a mess. So, it was shower time. In the shower for a cleaning, washing of the hair, and cleaning of the rest of her. Her skin is getting so sensitive, it is forever getting harder to wash her. Everything hurts, or is either too hot or cold. I do my best to comfort her when I'm washing her privates, tell her that it is OK for me to touch, to clean, to wash her, that I'm her husband, and the gentle tones of my voice help her to allow me to clean that very important part of her body. 

After we got out, dried off and put some pullups on her, she crawled back into bed, and was out for a couple of hours. 

Tried to play some golf, but the afternoon winds were blowing, and that blew that round out of the question. So we went to the mall for our crawl around. 

Sweetie just never calmed down most of the day, she seemed on edge most of the time. To the point that she went to bed by herself and as I watched, she tossed and turned, up and down. Moved from one side of the bed to the other. I did go in and give her a night time dose of CBD, and soon after that she went to sleep. 

I chose to sleep upstairs, hoping that she would get a good night sleep.

Looks like we found a little bumpy bit of road yesterday. Just a reminder that Dementia is a sneaky foe. Driver does His best of keep us on the best part of the lane we are in. He knows that we may not understand why the Road to Dementia Town changes so quickly, so we just trust Driver to get us to the end of the day. That is what He does, as we go with our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv ya, and God Bless.