Friday, December 11,2010

John had a good night last night in spite of the difficult time he had at bedtime. Today was the very best day he has had in a long time. The meds worked as they should the entire day, and his mouth was not bothering him half as much as usual. The workers all commented on how much more alert he was and how he was more able to help them with dressing etc.
The times I had to move him with the lift went well too but because the meds were working, we did not have the problems of him getting rigid and sliding out of his chair nearly as often. I only had to reposition him in his chair with the lift once. Margie was over for awhile and she helped me sit him up once as well.
So the day went very well ....until 20 minutes ago.
John was in bed, the worker had gone home, and suddenly he rang his bell. When I got there I discovered that the cap had come off his feeding tube and the stomach contents were all over the bed and John. So that meant getting him up out of bed, changing him, changing the bed - so much for resting my back.
However, he is now back in bed and hopefully will sleep through the night.

Please pray for more days like today.

One thumbs up - I think I might have given it a two thumbs up if the last episode had not happened!!