Still in bed
@GardenGerty (170374)
United States
August 4, 2026 11:00am CST
Bob did get up three or four times in the night. The first time I had to go find him. He did sleep a lot more peacefully, though.
I was able to get him to eat about seven hundred calories last night. Mainly of junk food, chicken nuggets, tater tots and a cherry limeade, but they all provide energy. I think eating helps him as well.
It is past time for me to try to wake him up. I will take him a protein shake and his morning medicine.
Today was primary election day, so I told him I was leaving the house but would be back. I went to the trash dumpsters as well while I was out voting.
I have already had one appointment for him rescheduled today.
Life moves slowly here.
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@RasmaSandra (99710)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Aug
Glad to hear that at least he did get up and had something to eat, I hope you both have a good eveing,
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
5 Aug
Things are feeling a little bit better.
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@DaddyEvil (176945)
• United States
5 Aug
Even junk food is better than nothing.
Things go slowly here, too. I had some problems today... Pretty always asks how I'm feeling when I wake up.
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
5 Aug
I really hope they get you some help for the problems that are showing up. When I mentioned the hydrocephalus to our primary care she told me she had already tested him for that. She is really on the ball.
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
11 Aug
@DaddyEvil I am not sure if he does or does not feel dizzy. He seems to turn the wrong way and get lost in our house a whole lot. If there is an easy way to do something and a hard way to do it, he finds the hard way.
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@DaddyEvil (176945)
• United States
5 Aug
@GardenGerty They will. I'm really hoping the test when I go in the hospital helps my mental state. I don't like feeling like I'm floating and dizzy all the time.
I'm glad Bob doesn't have that problem, at least.
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
5 Aug
Yes, thank you for the prayers. I can, if I have to, drag Bob somewhere, but that might hurt him, and it would make him mad at me as well. I do not want to spend the rest of his life with him being mad and me being mad and frustrated. I am glad you guys could keep your mom at home.
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
11 Aug
@AmbiePam I am touring a Veteran's Home on Friday morning. It has a memory care unit. Bob would get regular physical therapy there and possibly better mental stimulation than I am giving him.
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@AmbiePam (124782)
• United States
11 Aug
@GardenGerty That sounds like a really good place, Heather. Physical therapy would be absolutely great at any point he is able to take even a little bit advantage.
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@wolfgirl569 (138840)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Aug
Glad he ate and did sleep better. It could take a few nights for the new medicine to work well. Feed him whatever he will eat. It's all good compared to not eating.
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
11 Aug
Yes, it is. He is very sure he would not want tube feedings.
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@Ineeddentures (42952)
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4 Aug
Hi Heather
If you could get him to eat 700 calories of junk food say twice a day on top of some healthy stuff it would be good
Protein shakes, they did help Yvonne a lot after her health scare last October.
She was having three per day for about 3 months and those helped her regain her appetite
Life has ground to a halt here today
Another boring rainy miserable day
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
11 Aug
Send me the rain please. Often he does not finish the protein shake when I give it to him. We had a nice watermelon/yougurt smoothie today he drank about half of. It was homemade.
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@Ineeddentures (42952)
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11 Aug
@GardenGerty
The rain has stopped again and now we need more
The next week will be dry
What are the doctors saying about Bob now Heather
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
11 Aug
Yes, to heal your body you need calories.
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@snowy22315 (211287)
• United States
4 Aug
Better junk food than no food I suppose. It gives him some nourishment and energy hopefully
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
5 Aug
For a "junk food" meal it was not too bad. He does eat fresh fruit for me along the way.
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@GardenGerty (170374)
• United States
11 Aug
I think his taste has changed somewhat, too. On the other hand he has dreamed twice of ceviche lately. Something I have never tried and do not want to try.
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@JudyEv (385979)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug
@GardenGerty I had to look it up. It's raw fish! I'm not surprised you don't want to try it.
