Sleeper's aWake

Well. Today was interesting.

I’ve said recently that DJ does not appear well. A blood sample has been taken for analysis – this should be available (to the GP) on Monday. DJ is booked to go into Respite for a week from Wednesday. This allows not a lot of time to implement any medication changes and see if they are working before he goes away. But that’s another story.

Today ChickPea just couldn’t keep DJ awake. Even tho it was gone midday when he finally did get up. His not wakefulness affected moving, eating, drinking – EVERYTHING. He was drooling all the time. He looked awful. There was the thought that maybe we should get another GP review – his hands and feet are so swollen – but we got NOWHERE helpful last time. There was certainly the thought that maybe we are getting close To Something Terminal Happening. In which case trying to insist he be awake seemed somewhat inappropriate. .....

So we accepted a slightly lower than ideal fluid intake. And when he was begging to get to his bed (“How about distraction ?” you say – well – just YOU try distracting a very determined and extremely deaf 95 yr old who really won’t listen, and despite short term memory problems (!) will stick avidly to his agenda of getting to bed NOW…….), so we let him get to his bed about 5.45pm…….. After all - Would he see morning…….?

Will he, heck ! I hae me doubts….. but not from Natural Causes……….

Wide awake at 8pm – more awake than for the last 3 days – and on the floor again, of course. So now he’s in the lounge with us, in the wheelchair (I really don’t trust his walking tonight), and he’s been up again for nearly 2 hrs, and all he’ll do is fiddle with this….and that……and try to take his clothes off again………

I’ll stop the blog and get him a warm milk drink, and try the impossible likelihood of him settling back in his bed…….. Nite Nite. Sleep well…….