Saturday, October 2, 2010

My, my it's been quite a weekend already. I really have not been feeling well this week and after I got to work yesterday, I just felt draggy and my throat was killing me. Strep has been going around and the school nurse looked at my throat and told me she would try to get a culture. I called Dr. Kirkpatrick's office and she told me to come in. Well, I was positive for strep. I went back to school and got my things, stopped by the drug store and headed home. Van picked up Dad. I fixed him chicken noodle soup and a turkey sandwich for supper. When he was sitting in his chair last night, he kept saying strange things. Once he asked me if I had taken care of things at the funeral home. He also asked about other things that either didn't make sense or said things in which he couldn't finish his sentence. I got in bed as soon as I put Dad in bed, around 10. All during the night I heard Dad coughing and clearing his throat. I got up with him at 8 and fixed him some oatmeal. He was still coughing and croupy with a hoarse voice. He sat at the bar for about an hour and then sat in his recliner. I put a call in to his doctor. We both sat around all day, me feeling pretty achy and Dad sleeping most of the day. The doc called and decided to call him in an antibiotic. Betsy went to pick it up at CVS, but they said it hadn't been called in. I called the doc back and it had been called in, but by this time CVS was closed. I'll have to start Dad on it tomorrow. We just finished eating. I've noticed over the last couple of weeks that Dad has been pushing his plate or bowl away from him after every bite. Then he will pull it back and take another bite. He'll push it away, then pull it back for a bite and so on. I don't know why he's doing it, but it does make him slow down his eating, even if he makes more of a mess! I left him sitting at the bar but he just came in and squeezed the back of my neck and asked what I was doing. He laid down on his bed and he's repeating "mini, mini, mini, mini...." We both need a good night sleep and I hope he sleeps better tonight. I'll get his medicine tomorrow. Hopefully, my antibiotic will have me feeling better tomorrow too! Susie