Thursday, January 19, 2012

My visit yesterday with Dad was kinda sad because he was not "with it" at all. I tried to feed him but he was drinking from an imaginary glass, picking up food that wasn't there and just never really came around to what I think is normal for Dad. When we first got there he was sitting in the commons area with Margaret and another girl that takes care of him and eating fritos. He was cramming them in his mouth almost and said he was starving. Maybe that is the reason he didn't seem too interested in lunch! Jamie gave him some nuts from a canister she had brought too and he ate several of those as well. He just looked and acted so sleepy he couldn't concentrate. It made me so sad because now he seems more like Mom was at one time and not like the alert dad that I thought he was. I know he has bad times and maybe this was just one of them but I didn't think it was a good visit at all because I'm not sure he even knew who we were the whole time! As everyone knows we did not move dad because at least 4 staff members told us that the man's wife was a constant complainer. I was afraid too that if he was with a man and another woman in there visiting that he would wonder where mom was even more than he does at times. He did call Margaret several times yesterday when he pedaled off in the wheelchair. It is all just sad!!! Thank God I have all of you in this sinking ship! Love to all, Judy

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