Sunday, December 19, 2010

Well the day began well but did not end well. John had a good day for the most of the day. A support worker came for 2 hours this morning rather than the usual one, so I was able to go to church. However, although she was here from 10:30 to 12:30 it really means to only 12:20 as they get travel time - so while I could be at church I could not stay for the coffee hour but had to leave as soon as the service ended. However I enjoyed being able to attend church again.
John did well until about 9:30 when the meds did not seem to kick in. By the time the support worker arrived at 10:00pm he was in some distress and it only got worse once he was in bed.
John has two sleeping pills prescibed for each night but I usually only give him one at bedtime and then the other one only if he wakes up in the night and can't sleep. Tonight he was so stressed that I gave him the second pill only half an hour after the first one. Then I sat with him and held his arms until he went to sleep.
So one thumbs up for the day and one thumbs down for the night.