Better sleep
Hi Friends,
I'm not feeling so happy today, so I probably won't write much...I guess I'm just having a bad evening. My friend Monica was so great today, she came over and helped me clean out my fridge and do the dishes. Then we went to visit mom and were there for her speech and occupational therapies today...she wasn't in such a good mood today, and was very agitated. Dinh told me she did sleep better last night though with the increased Seroquel dose...not great, but better than she had been. Her poor behind is looking a bit better too, thank goodness. But that didn't seem to do much for her mood today. She did okay in speech, although she doesn't seem to be swallowing at all when she's told to, which is really delaying her in being able to eat again sometime. Her tongue is VERY dry and crusted, and isn't doing much to cooperate with her in terms of her being able to consciously control it. I don't think she can probably taste very well because it's so dry, and though both I and the staff try to do mouth care frequently, it is not so great. She can swallow, because we've all seen her do it before, and she doesn't drool which means she's swallowing her saliva. She just can't seem to do it when we tell her to.
After her therapies she was really tired, so we left and made a run to Target to get some small grocery items and other things I just needed. I looked around to see if I saw anything that I wanted to get myself as a treat, but nothing floated my boat, so I didn't end up getting anything. It's fine, I can't afford anything extra anyway. ;) After Target, Monica dropped me back off at the hospital, and I spent some more time with mom...she was still VERY agitated for some reason, and couldn't really be consoled. She kept saying she wanted to go home, and I kept explaining she had had an accident, hurt her head, and was in the hospital to recover and wasn't quite ready to go home yet. Ugh. I still wish I could switch places with her.
Keep praying, everyone. Much love.
I'm not feeling so happy today, so I probably won't write much...I guess I'm just having a bad evening. My friend Monica was so great today, she came over and helped me clean out my fridge and do the dishes. Then we went to visit mom and were there for her speech and occupational therapies today...she wasn't in such a good mood today, and was very agitated. Dinh told me she did sleep better last night though with the increased Seroquel dose...not great, but better than she had been. Her poor behind is looking a bit better too, thank goodness. But that didn't seem to do much for her mood today. She did okay in speech, although she doesn't seem to be swallowing at all when she's told to, which is really delaying her in being able to eat again sometime. Her tongue is VERY dry and crusted, and isn't doing much to cooperate with her in terms of her being able to consciously control it. I don't think she can probably taste very well because it's so dry, and though both I and the staff try to do mouth care frequently, it is not so great. She can swallow, because we've all seen her do it before, and she doesn't drool which means she's swallowing her saliva. She just can't seem to do it when we tell her to.
After her therapies she was really tired, so we left and made a run to Target to get some small grocery items and other things I just needed. I looked around to see if I saw anything that I wanted to get myself as a treat, but nothing floated my boat, so I didn't end up getting anything. It's fine, I can't afford anything extra anyway. ;) After Target, Monica dropped me back off at the hospital, and I spent some more time with mom...she was still VERY agitated for some reason, and couldn't really be consoled. She kept saying she wanted to go home, and I kept explaining she had had an accident, hurt her head, and was in the hospital to recover and wasn't quite ready to go home yet. Ugh. I still wish I could switch places with her.
Keep praying, everyone. Much love.
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try to remember that these days are going to happen. i know its easy for me to say since i am not in your place....but you will get a good day again, i promise!
love~stef xoxoxo