One daughter is home from Japan, gearing up to begin her law degree. My other daughter comes home Monday. Having my daughter who lives at home, back home certainly helps me with my state of mind. Just having someone to have a chat with or someone here so I can duck up the street makes an enormous difference. So will see how things pan out over the next couple of weeks and re-evaluate the need for respite.
Dad continues to wake me up from about 3 am, every half hour to hour. He wants to know if he should start to get ready to go to the 'old boys' (day centre group which he goes to of a tues). I mumble, not today, you go of a tues, today is fri, sat, sun etc. Dad is certainly becoming more confused and anxious. Earlier, today, my daughter was getting ready to go out and in that process she went from her room to lounge, to bathroom, doing things and gathering her things, all quite normal behaviour and Dad came to me and asked me 'what is she doing, she goes into her room and out and gets something and goes back', going from room to room. Oh dear! When Dad first asks that type of question I at first think in real terms...she is getting ready...mmm...oh, that has confused you. It's hard to imagine being that confused. It would be so very awful to have your world all topsy-turvy and unfamiliar.
I have also noticed that Dad at times can not partake when a few people are having a conversation. He introduces new topics at inappropriate times and can not follow what is being chatted about. This is very disturbing because my Dad loves to have a chat. Some people are talkative and others more quiet, well Dad is a chatty person. He has always been the chatty, jolly one, making people feel at ease with his endearing nature. It's sad to see a strong personality trait fade away. I feel like he is on a precipice of some kind again.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
My oh my. I am finding more and more that "Lewy" is almost identical in each person it affects. My Dad did the exact same thing with my kids or me...when we'd be doing housework or anything that involved moving from room to room he was completely clueless as to why and it would make him nervous. He even asked if we were secretly packing him or ourselves up to get away from him or get rid of him. The paranoia is so common but so hard to deal with too. You can't "explain" what you're doing because they don't understand or think you're trying to fool them in some way many days. And, of course, I wrote about how my Dad would wake us at all hours as well. He was ready for "work" at 2 am, 3 am, 4 am. The exhaustion...I feel for you so much! I am saddened that your Dad is at this stage, especially when he sounds like he was so social and enjoyed by his family. I hope he still has enough good times and days to keep the paranoia/confusion at bay a little longer.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all of your kind comments on my thetroublewithjesus.blogspot.com site. I appreciate your input. I am experiencing similar episodes with my pop, particularly the sleepless nights. Oh my dear Lord, what I would give for one full night's sleep! Oh well, such is life. Take care of yourself and you have my best wishes in every sens of the word.
ReplyDeleteI have been reading and looking for Dad is becoming more vague and is amazing and disturbing how many blogs related to buy viagra are in the web. But anyways, thanks for sharing your inputs, they are really interesting.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day