went out to visit with Mom today. She seemed happy to see me so perhaps she is choosing to ignore my outburst of last week. I hope so... I guess fear does a lot to people sometimes - including me. At any rate, we had a nice chat, read together for a while, I watched her Don Williams in Africa DVD with her. Lisened to the same story two or three times but otherwise had a pretty down-to-earth conversation with her about her independence and the fact that I don't want to take that from her. But that I do fear for her.
When I asked her if she had been watching her Don Wiliams stuff she said no, her dvd player was broken and that she had no way to watch it. I said Mom, it looks like your new tv will play a dvd... and I shower her how to use it again. Maybe with enough repetition it'll sink in. We'll see, I guess.
Carl had some sort of attack while we were out there. He got overheated I think, playing ball..... he was panting and panting and then all of the sudden wouldn't breathe. It probably lasted maybe 20 or 25 seconds. I put him in the sink and cooled his belly down with some cool water shower but it still took about 10 miutes before he got back t his normal self. It was scary and I don't think I'll be taking him out there again if it is even a little warm and humid. : (
Anyway - that's all for now. I think Scott took Mom's Aricept to put in a big daily reminder pill box for her. Maybe that will help remind her to take it.
Ya'll be well,
Amy
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