Thursday, September 2, 2010

I was so tired today that I came home from work and took about a 45 minute nap before I picked Dad up at LifeCare. On the way home from LifeCare, Dad asked three times, "Where are we going?" I thought back about how he use to ask that question at least twice that many times. When we got home, I started cooking supper and I put Dad to work stringing and snapping green beans. He's great at that. It's a task he will start and not stop until it's complete. Dad really likes to watch me cook. He will look intently as I chop vegetables or combine ingredients. Then he will smile at me and say "Very good, very good". Before dinner, I told Dad I was going to check his blood sugar. He stuck his finger out and kept it there until I went into his room, got the tester and returned to the kitchen. It was strange tonight, because after I pricked his finger and got the drop of blood, I gave him a tissue as usual. When I looked over I noticed he was pushing blood out of his finger and wiping it on the tissue over and over. I've never seen him do that before. I told him to go to the bathroom and wash his hands for dinner. I checked to make sure he did and when he came out of the bathroom he proceeded toward the kitchen. I said "Sit at the table." He kept walking toward me. I said several times, "Dad go sit at the table." He never did until I showed him where to sit. Just the two of us ate dinner together because Van was at the garden and Simon was at a volleyball game. After dinner, I had him get up and clean and brush his teeth. We watched Jeopardy together. He use to read some of the answers, but read only a couple tonight. He's now sitting in his chair watching football. I'll get him in bed about 9:30 tonight so I can get a good night sleep. It's been a long week and I'm still getting use to my school work schedule after our summer break! I'm looking forward to a relaxing Labor Day weekend..... Susie