Thursday, July 15, 2010

Well, another mixed day of good and not so good. In the morning and early afternoon John did not feel well at all. He slept a lot but spent most of the rest of the time on the couch. Then he began to feel better. It looked as if he would feel OK for the BBQ. I gave him his 5pm meds but by 5:30pm when we were supposed to go downstairs, the meds had not kicked in and he was feeling pretty rocky. However, he decided to try to go anyway. Since we were still in our condo building I thought he was only a couple of minutes away from his bed if he got worse. Fortunately, he got better. We ended up sitting at a table with the couple who live directly above us - and he also has Parkinsons (although in much better shape than John) and another couple who have extensive experience and knowledge of Parkinsons because they had taken a friend for a brain implant for Parkinsons in California. John could not contribute much to the conversation but he certainly was interested in it. He nibbled at a bite of fruit and the filling of a lemon tart while we enjoyed the BBQ. Once we were finished eating I asked him if he wanted to go home and he said, "no, not yet". So we stayed for at least another half an hour, visiting with the couples at our table. He only left when they did. As Margie says, " John doesn't want to leave until the last dog has gone home."
Tomorrow we go to the speech therapist again. Please pray he will be having a good day and able to speak in his "loud" voice.
One thumbs down for the morning and one thumbs up for the evening.