Good morning for the fourth day in a row.
@kaylachan (84823)
Daytona Beach, Florida
January 29, 2024 9:39am CST
It's a little after ten thirty in the morning and all morning chores are done. All meds (including mine) are given and George is happily sitting on our front porch. Ot is due to arrive in about an hour, anywhere from eleven to noon. So, while George did give me a bit of a fuss giving his morning tube feed, he ulitmentally let me do it knowing that we had company. Tomorrow afternoon we have an appoitment out in public, so if anyone calls I'll request they don't come until Wednesday. Which should work out fine, because PT's only scheduled once this week.
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jan 24
I like boring. He's alive. I don't see my caregiver duties as stressful or a buridan I need a " break" from. I do them with joy, because he could not be here. And, I glow with pride when I can say something like 'take your pills' and he can pick up a cup with pills I've crushed for him and take them, himself. Can he pour himself a glass of Pepsi? Hell, yes. Do I do it out of love? Yes. I also desolve some orange smelling powder in it for added neturtion since the vast majority of his neturtion is either peg tube or liquids. I am willing to work with him, for however long it takes, to get him eating solid foods again.
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@marguicha (230349)
• Chile
29 Jan 24
@kaylachan I was moved reading your answer. I remembered 25 years ago when I rubbed my husband´s swollen feet when he was very ill. I wish I could do that now.
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jan 24
@marguicha I am sorry for your loss, but I know he appreciated everything you did for him. One day I know I'll be going through another loss, but I'm thankful it's not today.
@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jan 24
Yes, he is. A lot more quickly than we thought.
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Jan 24
@LadyDuck Staying in a restricted controlled environment would do him no good, either. Being home has made a world of difference.
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@LadyDuck (502610)
• Italy
30 Jan 24
@kaylachan I was sure that coming back home would have helped him.
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@RasmaSandra (98026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jan 24
Best of luck to both of you and it makes me smile when you say George is happily sitting on the porch,
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jan 24
I love to use terms like 'happy' in all its forms. I love a happy husband over a miserable and depressed one.
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@everwonderwhy (7355)
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30 Jan 24
Your sacrificial love and service toward your husband is so kind and tender.
@LindaOHio (222527)
• United States
30 Jan 24
Sounds like George is doing pretty well. Wishing the three of you a good day.
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Jan 24
Until he gains enough weight and is eating enough colories orally to meet what he needs. So, we don't know. He is supposed to see a Netrionist on the 5th, so I'll know a lot more then. No goals were set in stone, yet. Other than I need to give four tube feeds a day.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
30 Jan 24
@kaylachan Understood. I hope the visit with the nutritionist goes well.
@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Jan 24
Sounds like you have your work cut out for you at times. So nice to have him home though.
