Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Peter picked up Dad at Life Care yesterday afternoon. Van and I ran some errands and ate dinner with friends. When Dad got home, he sat in his chair at first but then wanted to walk around the house. When I sat down on the couch, he decided he would sit down. We watched some TV and I fell asleep. I got him in bed at 10:30. I set my alarm to get up at 1:00 and 4:00 to change him. At 1:00, I went in and woke him up and told him I needed to change him. He said, "No, I don't need to." He was soaking wet. I told him he did need to. He pushed me away and kept trying to pull the covers over him. I told him he needed to stand up and change his pants and I would let him lay back down. It was a struggle back and forth. He was determined that I was not going to change him and that he was going to lie down and get the covers back on him. Out of frustration, I finally tore his depend on both sides and it fell off. Then I had to make him sit up so I could put another on him. At 4:00 I went in to change him again. I said, "Dad, I need you to stand up so we can change your pants. He did so with no trouble at all. We changed his depend and t-shirt and he laid back down and went right back to sleep. Go figure!!! He was a little ornery this morning, too. He didn't think he needed a new depend. I told him it was wet and he pulled it out to see. About that time he started peeing. The depend soaked it up. I got him washed up and changed. He went to the bathroom and washed his hands and brushed his hair. When he came to the bar, I had his juice and medicine ready. He said he didn't need his medicine. He kept counting his pills over and over. Van and I both told him to take them, and he kept saying, "No, not now" or "No, I don't need them." He finally took them. Marie came from Texas today. I picked Dad up at Life Care and went home to cook dinner. Peter also came over and we all had a great time with each other and with Dad. After dinner, Marie showed Dad lots of old pictures of him and his mother and grandparents. He would say, "That's ole Harold Compton" or "I don't know who that is." Marie will be staying with us for several days to spend some time with Dad..... Susie