Well, no more massive jets, but Dad definitely seems to be taking a down turn
Last Friday he tried to refill his dossette box before I got there. Completely wrong as you can imagine. Luckily I got to it and corrected it. Dad had halved his anticoagulant, doubled the heart meds and generally made a mess of it. He tried though! He's trying so hard to maintain his independence and it pains me to have to point out that he can't quite do it anymore.
Cut to this week. Called him yesterday morning as usual, he sounded very strange. Slow, slurred and said he was exhausted despite sleeping well. Went down, thinking that it might have been another TIA. No - he'd taken all his meds for the whole day. When I asked what he'd done. He started by saying that he'd noticed that they were gone, and that I must have ****ed it up. No, not me dad, sorry. Oh in that case he must have taken them, he didn't know why, or when. Call drs etc - no real damage done, just one pill would have made him drowsy etc. Keep an eye and make sure he doesn't take any more... So - all dad's pills are here and I will start taking them down morning and night. I could have done without that but hey ho.
Seeing Mental Health team today. ASC are assessing dad next week. I know that they'll say that he doesn't need care as dad is as yet still capable of washing, dressing etc. So what they'll say - who knows. Watch this space.