Paranoid ???

Tonight, as we were getting ready for bed, Mom saw a car drive into the boat landing across the street. She wondered if they were watching us get ready for bed and wanted to break in.People are always driving in and out of that parking lot. Then I remembered that a friend, who took care of her father, said he got paranoid. I hope this isn't the beginning of that stage!

Doctor's Visit

I got a little teary this morning when my mom's doctor thanked me for being so patient with Mom.

She will be going for a chest x-ray and another blood test because she is getting short of breath while bowling and getting out of the tub.

I now have to weigh her at least twice a week to see if maybe she's retaining fluids. I will do that on the wii before we bowl. That should be interesting, since she sneaks food any time she can!
A little bit like me!!!

Another Laugh

Mom has asked repeatedly if she has a doctor's appointment tomorrow. When I affirm that, she says she better have a shower (that's the shower I had a hard time getting her to take earlier today). Then she asks how she's getting to her appointment. When I told her I was taking her, she said, "Don't you have to go to school?" After I remind her that I'm retired (going on my third year) she said, " Oh, I thought you'd been around a lot lately." I have to chuckle to myself and share with you!

Bath Time-Fight Time

Here we are at another Wednesday and the excuses are rampant....why do I need a shower and shampoo??? I'm not sure why she resists this so much. It might be part of the disease as her doctor asks me about hygiene each time we go to see him.

Heat

I came back from eating breakfast with a friend to find the heat cranked way up to 75 degrees.
I do have a guard for it so it can be programed and then not touched. I guess I'll have to find that and get that programed.

Sense of humor!

We just got back from Mom's blood test. She has to fast before the test so we went out to breakfast after. We went to the Early Bird, in our home town. She always thinks she started that restaurant. I don't correct her. A guy I went to school with came over and talked with us. He said to Mom, "You come here with HER to eat?" Mom came right back with, "As long as she pays!" I love her sense of humor. She never had one when we were growing up.

Bowling Loss

Today was the first day Mom had to be reminded what to do in the middle of the strings and it happened a couple of times. I'm hoping we'll be able to do this for a lot longer. We'll see!

Own Up To It

I returned Mom's calendar to her in the night. I realized two things: 1) She depends on that calendar and 2) It didn't frustrate her, it frustrated me. I'll deal with it. There, I feel better already!

Me in the "third person"

Mom and I went for a ride this afternoon. I mentioned that I couldn't imagine what it will be like when I can't drive any more. Mom said, "You can always drive. I drove Pam's car around town just the other day." I'm Pam and my mother hasn't driven in over 30 years. This kind of surprised me. I think I was a little speechless, but Mom didn't notice.

No Calendars

I tried hiding Mom's calendars this morning. She has a dentist appointment. I got her to have a shower and now I'm waiting to take her for her appointment. [ The car wouldn't start so the garage took the car and we'll take a taxi. That should be a trip!] So far she's not preoccupied with the date. This may work out great. What nice advice!

Boy, am I slow. She found the calendar and it's back by her chair. How am I going to do this when she's smarter than I am????????

It's after lunch and I've really hidden the calendar this time. We'll see goes this goes.

Calendar Confusion

Mom has always (since her illness) been preoccupied by the calendar, but it's gotten worse since the New Year started. It may be that she has more appointments than usual this month. She has hair, doctor, blood tests, and dentist appointments. She must check them at least 5 or 6 times a day. She checks to see if she has them right, to see if I have the same, and who's going to take her. She seems to have forgotten that I am retired. I'll have to make sure never to have this many in one month again.

We no longer bowl 6 strings. She gets winded after 2 strings. We do bowl 4 strings still. I'll check with her doctor to see if I should be pushing her or not. She enjoys bowling so much. I just get worried when I hear her breathing hard.

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Trash or Laundry

Each Monday I do my mother's wash. We have a laundry shoot down to the basement. While I was putting in her white wash I came across the empty wrapper from the toilet paper rolls. It's a new twist on the old joke about putting the milk in the cupboard and the glass in the fridge. If that's the case, I don't even want to check the rubbish!!