My husband and I have looked after my dad 24/7 for the past 7 1/2 years with no holidays or breaks until this year after he had a spontaneous hip fracture and also a long suspected diagnosis of mixed dementia these past 6 months have been sheer hell as dad does not sleep and is incontinent, we are so tired tonight as last night he was out of bed every 10 minutes and that's no exaggeration and today his incontinence has been awful, on cleaning him up again earlier I told my husband I could not do this anymore and I feel bad now but I really do feel this way, I don't want to let dad down has he relies on me to get him through his day and I love him dearly I have respite booked for the 5th of December I can only hope that I can carry on until then because I dread facing defeat and have to place him in permanent care am I still fit to call myself a carer because of how I am feeling.. Am I just truly Exhausted and feeling down
Thanks for reading at a low ebb today xx
Thanks for reading at a low ebb today xx