Thank the Lord for the Outside
When my husband was about to be released from the hospital, my two sons and I were given the names of four rehab facilities which we hurriedly visited. We had four criteria: 1) that the facility not...
View ArticleLet It Rain
I woke up this morning at about 5 a.m. to help hubby with bathrooming. I heard a strange sound outside my door; it was a strange and unfamiliar sound, kinda like the rustling of leaves. I opened the...
View ArticleFourth of July
Fourth of July Brilliant lights against the dark night sky Why do I feel like I just want to cry Dazzling colored fireworks on the fourth of July Why do I just sit here and sigh. A Pop, a burst an...
View ArticlePurple Flowers
Purple Flowers The yellow buttercup is warm like the summer sun. A daffodil announces that spring has just begun. The white of the calla lily is so pure and true. And one red rose means “I love you”...
View ArticleHe’s About the Same
“Oh, he’s about the same.” That’s what I tell them. “He’s about the same.” I always say I don’t want to tell and they don’t want to hear That he’s so much worse in every way. “Oh yes, I’ll tell him...
View ArticleMy Support Group
I met with my support group yesterday. The question of the day was, What do you like to do? The answers were varied. Travel, singing, quilting and crocheting, watching TV, Bible study, yoga and...
View ArticleDon’t You Miss The Books?
Ordering books for the Kindle lately on CareGiving.com set me thinking about a time when all books had pages made of paper. My husband had large collection of bibles and religious books that took up...
View ArticleDNR
The other day we were evaluated for our HMO’s Palliative Care program. Part of the process was to explain to me about the Advance Directive. I felt that I was being pushed to check Do Not Resuscitate....
View ArticleMore Tired
Whew, we have had visits from the visiting nurse, visiting doctor, visiting social worker and the physical therapist. The Palliative Care Department of our HMO sent all these nice people out for my...
View ArticleStep
I recently read an article that explained that, in vascular dementia, the progression of the disease is such that the individual may stay at a certain level of functioning for a long while and then...
View ArticleTransitions
I just read Symbolism In Communication by Chris (@thpurplejacket). He used the word transition in referring to the passing of his partner. The first time I remember hearing the word used in that way...
View ArticleSunshine on My Shoulders Makes Me Happy, Grandkids Almost Always Make Me High
I stepped out the back door with my two-year-old granddaughter to see the “plants”. Oh no! The long drought coupled with my neglect had killed just about everything but the collard greens and the...
View ArticleNo More Palliative Care
Wow, that was quick! Hubby was accepted into the Palliative Care Department (medical help–doctors, nurses, x-ray–that make house calls) in early November. He was dismissed from the program this week....
View ArticleI Will Not Forget You
I wanted an idea for a devotional for our next caregivers support meeting, where we plan to discuss B. Smith and the book written by her and her husband In Case I Forget, about their fight against her...
View ArticleThe Very Good Bad Day
Yesterday morning my husband’s caregiver did not show up. He said he tried to call me and left a message on my cell phone but I did not see a message on my phone. Besides I have asked him numerous ......
View ArticleFever
I am glad I read Bob De Marco’s article in Alzheimer’s Reading Room on fever before my husband was hospitalized last month. The article stated that, in older people, the 98.6 temperature does not hold...
View ArticleLord, Please Don’t Let Me Make a Mistake!
Wednesday my two sons and I went to a conference with the vascular surgeon who saw my husband when he was in the hospital after having his second stroke in four years. My husband is 79 years old. The...
View ArticleDementia Patients in the Hospital
Reading Denise’s post, Painful Chests, started me thinking about my husband’s last visit to the ER and subsequent admission to the hospital. I was afraid to leave his side because of his dementia. He...
View ArticleMore Tired
Whew, we have had visits from the visiting nurse, visiting doctor, visiting social worker and the physical therapist. The Palliative Care Department of our HMO sent all these nice people out for my...
View ArticleStep
I recently read an article that explained that, in vascular dementia, the progression of the disease is such that the individual may stay at a certain level of functioning for a long while and then...
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