Monday, October 4, 2010

We had the Thanksgiving dinner for our condo tonight. It was very nice and John was able to attend the dinner. He enjoyed his big piece of pumpkin pie and whipped cream while the rest of us sampled all the various pot luck dishes. One of the ladies at our table offered to come and stay with John if I needed to go out. However, like most others, she did  not feel she could give him his meds so that still means I cannot be away for more than 90 minutes. However, it does mean I can go a little futher afield. When I leave John on his own, I try to stay within the immediate vicinity of the apartment so I can get back quickly if he needs me. Living in the downtown area makes that quite possible.
John had a fairly good day today in terms of the meds working OK.
He commented this morning that he always feels so awful when he wakes up that it is hard to go to sleep knowing he will feel worse when he wakes up.
Tonight he went to sleep quickly but has woken up twice since - once to know if there was something special he had to do and once because he thought he heard a loud bang in the hallway. I think both were caused by the vivid dreams he is experiencing. The sleeping pills make him very drowsy and his speech slurred for an hour or so after he has taken them - so it is very hard to communicate and figure out what he is trying to tell me. Later on he will wake up and feel good and be quite clear headed. But he knows once he goes back to sleep he will wake up feeling lousy. Not  a lot of fun.
We were invited tonight to go for Thanksgiving dinner to Gateway next Monday.
Please pray that John will have a good day that day and be able to go to the dinner and perhaps enjoy another piece of pumpkin pie.
Continue to pray for the meds to work properly and for hiim to sleep through the whole night.
Thanks again
A one thumbs up for today.