not very encouraging or contemplative.
Listening to the descent into babble and apparent hallucinations is
hard. Realizing there is very little, really nothing, that can be
done is not easy. Knowing that there is minimal pain is some comfort
but not really comfort at all since the we selfishly feel sorry for
our selves and our own feelings of helplessness.
Mom is sometimes incoherent and often unable to communicate what is
momentarily on her mind. She seems to see people not there, she is
distressed by the people she can not see yet she is certain are in
her home, in her life and, on some level, distressing her. The
incoherence and babbling appears to come from her inability to
articulate what she is seeing, feeling in her mind in that instant.
As I listened on the phone to her tonight and tried to lead her with
questions that might help her string some thoughts together ( I was
no help) she gradually quieted down over about ten minutes until she
was through speaking and wanted to give the phone to Dad.
Mom has not normally ( I should smile and change that line) had a
very strong "sundowner syndrome" with more evening agitation then
during the rest of the day. Possibly this is what is coming on now. I
of course, do not know.
Dad is continuing with the day care centers two days a week for four
hours each day and he has had the first visit from a lady who helps
with in home care and will be bathing Mom once a week.
Things are changing.
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