Friday, June 17, 2011

Well, I did go to see Mom and Dad today for the Father's Day Reception. Dad was horrible again today. I mean he was yelling and just out of it. At first when he opened his mouth it was like he didn't really have his teeth in right. I said something about it to the girls---I thought he had his tobacco UNDER his teeth instead of just in his mouth. Well, they finally got the tobacco out and washed his teeth and had him rinse his mouth. That didn't really help with the talking, etc. I finally just took him outside thinking that that would help. He didn't want the cake or punch. I finally got him to take a bite of cake and he chewed then spit it out. I'm like: was that not good!?! I got him to take another bite and he picked up the punch and spit the cake into that! I think he thought the cake was tobacco! When I got up to throw all of that mess away, he stood up and was digging in a whole bowl of cigarette butts!!!!!!! I'm like: DAD, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!!!!! He just never was with it at all. I gave him his gift (I bought a long-sleeved t-shirt, a bag of sugar-free candy and a darling stuff bear---just wanted something sweet) and he never could figure out how to get it out of the bag! He did say 'you didn't have to' when I gave him the gift---which was good. I asked Debbie about him and she said he'd just been wound up today. Well, to me that's not 'wound up'! A pair of women that knew Pat and thought I was her, said that Dad had been yelling yesterday while they were there! What on Earth!?! No idea! Mom was in bed asleep---Debbie did not have the results of the x-ray, but she thought maybe Mom was at least the same and possibly some better. I checked on the eating and Dad was 100% for both meals today---Mom was 100% on breakfast and 50% at lunch. I just don't know. Maybe Dad has just taken a turn for the worse on the dementia thing. I'm anxious for someone to go and see if he's better because this has been two HARD visits for me! Good grief!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I'm off to straighten (Maggie and Macie just left) and pack for KY. Sounds like a fun weekend! Love you all, Jeanie

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