The morning after! Sunday PWYC

[Lady Maverick]

Why leaving DH alone for more than 60 seconds is not a good idea -
** He is unstable when trying to get out of bed, walking and/or sitting in a chair. He needs to be stabilized in any movement. I had turned my back to get a chair for him which resulted in him taking a tumble and hit the floor hard. He was able to get himself up off the floor and doesn't appear to be hurt.
** He insisted on dressing himself. Multiple layers. Shorts and jeans (plus underwear). He insist on wearing two shirts. Hours later he still will not take any of the damp clothes off >>>shrugging shoulders<<< It isn't defiance but more like he is in a clueless bubble.
** He was trying to put his shoes on. He kept putting both shoes onto his left foot. It took approx 30 minutes to convince him that each foot needs its own shoe.
** He needed to use the bathroom so walked over to desk and pulled drawer open to use as a urinal. !!!! He doesn't have a clue that isn't the right place to do that. I was able to walk him to the bathroom to use the toilet.
** He picked up a jug that we use to collect coins. It is heavy with several hundred coins in it. I thought he was going to look at the coins….or maybe spill them…..Nope. He tilted the jug up as if it held liquid and tried to drink from it. All this happened in less than 10 seconds even though I was right there. I quickly grabbed the jug away from his mouth & out of his hands while putting my finger in his mouth to get coins out.
** I knew from past experience that he can't eat or drink anything during the first few hours. However because he was so desperate for a drink I gave him a small glass of water….which made him nauseous and that had to be cleaned up.
** Speaking of cleaning up - the bed mattress protector, sheets and comforter are stripped from the bed and in process of being washed. A fan is blowing on the damp mattress.
** For the first 7 hours he didn't know who I was. Didn't know my name. Thankfully in the past hour that memory has returned to him.

I am eating 20 grams of meat from yesterday leftovers every couple of hours. I'm not hungry but know I need to keep my BSugar stable and strength up. Chew swallow. Mission accomplished.

[Harriet]

((LadyM)) can you have a family member with you, maybe dd15, ds or futureddil. Everyone deserves to be relieved of duty at times, and they need to have their own lives, but you are not a magician, and need another set of eyes, ears, hands at the ready. Perhaps you need to be able to call on someone professional at times, such as a temporary healthcare provider company. I see them advertised all the time but can't remember names now. It's not that each incident is so unusual - HRH and I were just remembering the moment I noticed my ddad, seated calmly, saying he needed to put in his eye drops but had the wrong bottle in his hand, and with only a second to spare, I kept him from pouring in the clear kind of Texas Pete. For you on days like these, though, accidents are possible in rapid-fire fashion. Thinking of you.

We've had a violent thunderstorm and absolute downpour that lasted about 20 minutes, now disappeared and sunshiney out there. I think some of my plants are clobbered. I still hear thunder, and even though the moisture and cloudiness are appreciated after 100-degree days, I sure hope all of that rough stuff isn't going to hit us again. yipes.

In theory, we have a grocery delivery on the way. If I were that guy, I'd have pulled over to the side... ..

[Twins' Mom]

Oh LadyM, thinking of you and dh today. Yes, can ds and gf step up long enough for you to get a break, a walk?

I've been out since 9 a.m. this morning, and since I wasn't up until nearly 7:45 I didn't have time to look in or do anything. We had breakfast first with the friends that will be houseguests tomorrow. Their adult son, d-in-law, grandson, and adult daughter were with them. They're in town for dfdriend (wife''s) birthday, and seeing the sights. The dgrandson is autistic and didn't get enough sleep because of fireworks and drone show last night so they went back for an additional nap. Dfriend is now using a walker at times. I hope she can manage our steps because guest bedroom is upstairs. I don't think they would visit if they didn't think she could.

We came through home, let the dog out, regrouped and went to river for dfriend V's birthday. (We met A and V after the out-of-town friends called and let us know they were moving here. The two women share the same birthday.) At the river we sat out in the shade of umbrellas for a long time talking and watching the river. Two other couples were there at different times too. We started eating late lunch and storms blew in and sent up inside.

Left there maybe three p.m., dh not feeling well. He went down for a nap on the couch and I tried for a nap in bed. I wasn't successful - my hips are achy. I just walked the dog. Not sure if we'll have another storm here - I hear thunder occasionally.

I'm feeling overwhelmed at the thought of houseguests tomorrow...

[Twins' Mom]

Email back atcha, Harriet! If the board's broken later, it wasn't me, lol!