Hi all,,
When my father, who sleeps most of the day, first wakes up, it’s like he’s paralyzed (e.g. he can’t raise his arms, sit up, and/or walk for some time afterwards). Is this common? I usually try to give him time for his body to catchup and ‘wake up‘ and sometimes this works and other times, it doesn’t.
Thank God, Da ’s still eating well (occasional choking on water but found he often holds saliva in mouth and when tries to talk or eat, it’ll go down wrong way) and has a great appetite. When he wakes up tho, and it’s time to eat, he’ll often open his mouth to be fed and will chew & swallow ok but can‘t move otherwise for some time. There are times, tho, it’ll seem like he can’t open his mouth even tho he seems to want to eat. [Re: latter, read somewhere about the mouth locking shut and saliva building up in mouth (which explains my choking comment above).
my brother, who seems to be in denial about dad’s (almost classic) late-stage dementia/alzheimers symptoms pushes him (eg to walk while in that ‘paralyzed’ state) because he thinks Dad is fearful because he has a fall four months ago. Tell him that, even if fear, you don’t get get someone to overcome their fear by pushing them to do what afraid of..[afraid, that, as dad’s primary caregiver for many years, my brother has major burnout and isalsoin serious denial].
Wishing you and your loved ones good health, comfort, and peace!
Irene
When my father, who sleeps most of the day, first wakes up, it’s like he’s paralyzed (e.g. he can’t raise his arms, sit up, and/or walk for some time afterwards). Is this common? I usually try to give him time for his body to catchup and ‘wake up‘ and sometimes this works and other times, it doesn’t.
Thank God, Da ’s still eating well (occasional choking on water but found he often holds saliva in mouth and when tries to talk or eat, it’ll go down wrong way) and has a great appetite. When he wakes up tho, and it’s time to eat, he’ll often open his mouth to be fed and will chew & swallow ok but can‘t move otherwise for some time. There are times, tho, it’ll seem like he can’t open his mouth even tho he seems to want to eat. [Re: latter, read somewhere about the mouth locking shut and saliva building up in mouth (which explains my choking comment above).
my brother, who seems to be in denial about dad’s (almost classic) late-stage dementia/alzheimers symptoms pushes him (eg to walk while in that ‘paralyzed’ state) because he thinks Dad is fearful because he has a fall four months ago. Tell him that, even if fear, you don’t get get someone to overcome their fear by pushing them to do what afraid of..[afraid, that, as dad’s primary caregiver for many years, my brother has major burnout and isalsoin serious denial].
Wishing you and your loved ones good health, comfort, and peace!
Irene
