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Archive for February, 2009
Family Caregiving Postal Stamp Petition
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Family Caregivers, National Family Caregivers Association, Petition, Stamp on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Good Blood
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Blood, Blood Work, Coumadin, Dad on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dad has a blood clot in his lung so he’s been on Coumadin for a while. His protime readings are generally all over the map. For the last few months, his protime has come back from the lab saying his blood is way too thick and some times, dangerously thick that they were worried about [...]
Sisterly Visit
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Behavior, Dad, OCD, Religion, Rollercoaster, Sister on February 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sister is here visiting from NYC. She arrived on Saturday night and we’re all glad she’s here. She gives us a bit of a break from taking care of Dad plus it’s just fun to have her with us. She’s here for just a short visit but we’re grateful for our time together, nonetheless.
Dad has [...]
Lost Amongst The Aisles
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Aisle, Aisles, Communicate, Confused, Exit, Family, Freedom, Identification Card, Independence, Medical, Medical Condition, Obsession, Shopping, Store, Straws on February 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
More often than not, Dad isn’t himself. As a result, his independence is limited. For example, whenever we go shopping, Dad usually sticks with the person he’s with… he doesn’t stray or wander. Besides, he likes to push the trolley- he’s deemed it his “job” while shopping. I wonder if Dad is apprehensive about shopping [...]
Mom’s Birthday
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Birthday, Confused, Dad, Dinner, Love, Mom, Presents, Shopping on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today is Mom’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Mom!
We started celebrating early with a fancy dinner with the family at Mom’s favorite restaurant on Saturday night. Monday night, as part of Mom’s birthday present, she and I had a mother/daughter night and went to a concert to see one of Mom’s favorite singers. Today we’re going to [...]
Slightly Confused
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Birthday, Brain, Confused, Dad, Dinner, Exhausted, Routine, Sleep on February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The past few days Dad has been a bit confused and a little out of it but overall, Dad has been doing pretty well. He’s been active around the house with watering and planting flowers in the yard. He’s been been puttering around and even managed to shut off the entire water supply to the [...]
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