Saturday, September 12, 2009
Last Sunday Richard ran a temperature of 104 axillary which is 106 core temp. He was unresponsive for several hours until his temperature finally started to come down. I did not think he would make it through the night. He had started at 6am with rapid respirations and an increased heart rate and...
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
See A Caregiver's thoughts.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Crossroads
It seems that we have come to the crossroads of Richard choosing to cross over or to stay on this earthly plane until his appointed time. He is getting weaker each day and yet he still surprises us by suddenly getting up by himself and going about his business. These episodes are ending more and...
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Hallucinatons are scary
We are on a downhill slide with confusion and hallucinations a daily scenerio. Reviewing our address, the description and a walk around the house inside and looking out the front door and the back door are daily activities several times a day to reorient. Richard is also seeing strange people and...
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Calm Before the Storm?
Richard has been fairly self sufficient lately his activities of daily living but has continued to be confused about our house and days of the week even when reminded. Our neighbor who had Alzhiemer's also died this past Tuesday. He was a few years older than Richard. He and his wife were best...
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