Busy day on the Road to Dementia Town.

 Its different, yet at the same time, it is the same. Sweetie is now swinging from being able to answer to non verbal stares. One of the biggest emotional reaction is her hip. 

She is  still in pain, even to the point of looking frightened if I even get near her legs. There are now times that she will remove my hand, even if I'm just resting it on her hip or leg. 

Received a IM yesterday from a reader who lost their LO. Telling me, that the pain was similar to when her LO was near her journey. It made me think that there might be something to it. 

On Monday, if Sweetie isn't better, I'm going to ask about getting a X-Ray on her hip. Need to find out why she is in so much pain. 

Friday

Friday, a busy day for us. I have to feed Sweetie every meal now. Plus I have to give her her antibiotics for her UTI. Doc did this as a preventive measure, to put a check mark on that possibility. At this point in time, I don't think she has a UTI. 

Well, I also, as suggested, now keep a log on when and what meds I give her. To start the day, I give her some morphine, CBD, and wait for the morphine to kick in. In the mean time, I give her a fruit cup, with her other meds. Then I tried to change her. 

It was then the phone rang, and the pastor was coming over to meet me and talk about spiritual matters, to pray and comfort me.

While he was here, my new helper showed up. She was here to give Sweetie  and bath, and I helped. She was very good, she was kind, and one of the things she did, was use sponge tooth brush to clean her mouth and teeth. 

Sweetie opened and let her sponge away. It was the first time in a long time that she let that happen. With me, it was a tightly closed mouth. 

In the in-between times, I sit with her and read to her. I could be reading names out of the phone book as far as she is concerned, it is just that it is the two of us, and she has all my attention. 

The good and bad side affect of the morphine, is that it makes her sleepy, and when she sleeps, I turn to TV. 

Tonight is the first night the son is coming over to sit with her. I get to go to a meeting alone, for the first time is forever it seems. 

When I get back, she is awake and he is doing his thing, very automated expressions with his mom, and she is loving it. 

He leaves and I try to check her out, and she isn't having any part of it. So, give her something to eat, the meds, and wait. Soon she is asleep, and that is my cue to do the same. 

It was a busy day on the Road to Dementia Town. A new system, and new routine, and mos of all, the same love for each other. We know we are moving towards Dementia Town faster now then before. We know it is waiting for us. In the mean time, we can still Keep Our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv Ya, and God Bless. Arthur.