Hi everyone,
Remember me ??!!
I haven't posted for a while....lots of reasons...
1. Just got a new job so I was busy preparing for interview etc
2. Generally mad-busy at work
3. Been visiting dad at every opportunity
4. Mum's birthday coming up this week (1st since she died, so been going through old photos etc)
5. trying to sell dad's house and it takes bucketloads of my time from this kind of distance
6. not sure what to say to people here !!!!!!
It's justthat I just feel so lucky (!!!)
Dad is settled in the home. I met with his doctor who came to assess him today. She was LOVELY!!! She agreed dad has deteriorated in the last few months and his langage is especially getting poorer, BUT she is going to keep him on his medication (Even, as she said herself, despite NICE guidelines) as it is helping him and she wants him to stay as he is for as long as he can, "He's such a lovely man and I know he likes to chat...if we stop this medication his language will get worse quicker and he's so happy at the moment it would be a shame" Her words !!!
How lucky am I ??!!
Dad is happy...he loves seeing me (SO WHAT if he doesn't know my name !!)
He is well cared for in a great home
The doctor is caring and on his side
I don't have to deal with so much of the stuff so many of you do.
I am sooooooooooooooooo lucky I feel I have no right to say anything
PLEASE don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not fishing for you good folk to say nice stuff to me, I just want to be honest and say I am counting my lucky stars as I know that, in time, things will get harder.
Until then, I DO know I'm well off. My heart and respect goes out to you all
Jarnee
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Remember me ??!!
I haven't posted for a while....lots of reasons...
1. Just got a new job so I was busy preparing for interview etc
2. Generally mad-busy at work
3. Been visiting dad at every opportunity
4. Mum's birthday coming up this week (1st since she died, so been going through old photos etc)
5. trying to sell dad's house and it takes bucketloads of my time from this kind of distance
6. not sure what to say to people here !!!!!!
It's justthat I just feel so lucky (!!!)
Dad is settled in the home. I met with his doctor who came to assess him today. She was LOVELY!!! She agreed dad has deteriorated in the last few months and his langage is especially getting poorer, BUT she is going to keep him on his medication (Even, as she said herself, despite NICE guidelines) as it is helping him and she wants him to stay as he is for as long as he can, "He's such a lovely man and I know he likes to chat...if we stop this medication his language will get worse quicker and he's so happy at the moment it would be a shame" Her words !!!
How lucky am I ??!!
Dad is happy...he loves seeing me (SO WHAT if he doesn't know my name !!)
He is well cared for in a great home
The doctor is caring and on his side
I don't have to deal with so much of the stuff so many of you do.
I am sooooooooooooooooo lucky I feel I have no right to say anything
PLEASE don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not fishing for you good folk to say nice stuff to me, I just want to be honest and say I am counting my lucky stars as I know that, in time, things will get harder.
Until then, I DO know I'm well off. My heart and respect goes out to you all
Jarnee
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