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Archive for August, 2008
34 Years
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged 34, Anniversary, Dad, Mom, Years on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some Times I Wonder
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Beginning Stages, Disease, Doctor, Dr. Graboys, Early Stages, LBD, Lewy Body, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Disease, medication, Meds, Neurologist, Over-Medicated, Stages on August 26, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Since the first mention of the possibility of Lewy Body Disease for my Dad, I’ve been doing quite a bit of research to educate myself about this little known yet insidious disease. After reading about other’s experiences I’ve learned that many LBDers in the beginning stages have a relatively good quality of life. Some are able [...]
It Got Worse
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Bed, Disease, Drugs, Episodes, Exhausted, LBD, Lewy Body, Lorazepam, Meds, Namenda, Tired on August 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In my last post I mentioned that it was rough and Dad wasn’t doing well. Well, things only got worse for a while. Dad was basically bed ridden for three days. He would not get out of bed once. We couldn’t figure out what was going on. He was having his “episodes” and we just [...]
It’s Been Rough
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Bad, Blood, Blood Clot, Blood Test, Caregiver, Caregiving, Congnition, Coumadin, Dad, Diet, Eat, Hard, Leg, Meds, Namenda, Neurologist, Pills, Pulmonary Embolism, Rougb, Scan, Sleep on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The past few days have been pretty rough with Dad. We don’t know what’s going on. When he was released from the hospital and a few days afterwards he was better than ever- just like his old self. Unfortunately, it was too good to be true and Dad has had some really bad days lately. [...]
Home
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Aricept, Bleeding, Blood, Blood Clot, Blood Thinners, Brain, Clot, Coumadin, Dad, Home, Hospital, Lovenox, Lung, Namenda, Neurologist, Pulmonary Embolism, Sinemet, Speech, Speech Pathologist, Swallow on August 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dad has been released from the hospital and seems to be doing relatively well, all things considered. The doctors have said that Dad has a massive pulmonary embolism in his right lung, in the mid to lower region of lung. He’s on blood thinners- Coumadin- and has to receive a shot of lovenox twice a [...]
Bad News
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Abdomen, Abdominal Pain, Billy Rubin, Blood, Blood Clot, Blood Thinning, Clot, CT Scan, Dad, Doctor, ER, Injections, Lung, medication, Morphine, Nerve, Neurologist, Pain, Pulmonary Embolism, Speech on August 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We had to take Dad to the ER on Sunday night.
Sunday evening started out okay enough and ended with some lively Wii tennis playing before we all settled in for the night. Around 1am, Mom came frantically running to my room complaining that something was wrong with Dad. He was complaining of chest and shoulder [...]
Hard To Swallow
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Difficulty, Doctor, Drinking, Eating, Ensure, Feeding Tube, Meds, Over-Medicated, Swallow, Swallow Test, Swallowing on August 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dad has been having trouble with his eating and swallowing lately. He’s eating less because he’s complaining he can’t swallow and his tongue is moving all around. He can still eat and drink but it’s just difficult and therefore he’s consuming less. Mind you, Dad is 74, and in the beginning stages of LBD. He’s [...]
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