Archive for January 18th, 2009

At the appointment last week, medical issues protocol was discussed. When one is talking about your spouse, it kind of makes your tummy feel very badly.

Our dear Doc explained the issues and choices as kindly as one can – he said he has known us long enough to feel confident with our decisions – “our” is our sons and I.

He wanted me to discuss the issue with our sons as it’s not much fun (for him) dealing with family pulling in 3 different directions on care for Dad. Luckily, all 3 of us have concurred every time an issue arises.

So, next week it’s written in stone so to speak. I go to sign the papers. Well, not really, I guess I could change my mind but after sweating about it for several days, we are in accord and have our reasons for our choices.

Sorry I have not been checking blogs due to this issue and the issue of the MD who thought I wrote a negative comment on my friend’s blog. But! the 2 negatives are over with and I hope the MD reads Fresh MD’s comment on my blog and realizes I’d never do that to anyone.

A long time friend and former employer, cared for Wayne yesterday. We were all pleased that Wayne called him by name and knew him.

The fellows picked up lunch to enjoy back at the house – watching a JC concert.

A concern I have is that he won’t use the toilet when out visiting – unless I take him. When I arrived to pick him up, I motioned for him to come with me to the bathroom. “I don’t need to pee.”

“Well, try because you haven’t used the toilet in 4 hours.”

(A bit exasperated with me, he said he’d try but didn’t need to – sure enough, he needed to.)

Two hours later, he didn’t remember his day out.

***Something to watch for, if your spouse is at this stage: (1) be sure toilet is flushed as he doesn’t and (2) be sure he washes after wards – with soap.