Thursday, December 2, 2010

Last night when I woke Dad for the first time to change him, he argued and didn't want me to pull the covers off him. We struggled for a minute, but he finally gave in and stood up and took off his depend. He tried to lay back down without putting on another, but I pushed his legs back on to the floor and he let me put on the clean one. The second time I woke him up, he followed my directions without any problem. This morning when I went to the kitchen to make coffee, I turned on the light. Dad said, "Susie, what are you doing?" I told him and said I would be back to get him up. After I got ready and came back to the kitchen, he got up and walked in to the kitchen and gave me a big hug. We went back to the bedroom and he let me help him dress. After work today, I picked him up at Life Care and on the way home he asked about 7 or 8 times where we were going. The first time I told him "home" and he said, "Where is that?" I told him Hudlow Road in Rutherfordton. After that, each time he asked I told him "home, Hudlow Road, Rutherfordton." At two of the three stop lights, he told me it was okay to go when the light was red. When we got in, the phone was ringing. It was Van. Dad had followed me to the kitchen. As I was talking to Van, I noticed Dad standing by the kitchen door. When I looked again, I realized he had his pants unzipped and he was starting to pee. I said, "Wait!! Dad, don't pee there- we've got to go to the bathroom! He peed all the way to the toilet. I got him in his chair and mopped up the floor. Then I left to go to yoga. Simon stayed with Dad. I'm home and we've had dinner. Dad has been sitting at the bar looking through books, magazines, the paper and his math cards. I'm going to watch some TV and then get him in the bed! Susie