With dad all day yesterday. There has not been a lot talking today. He has been sleeping a lot. Also a lot of yawning. The yawning and tiredness has been going on for weeks.
He is eating but not as much as he usually does. Poor devil was really itching around his trouser waist band.He wanted to go to bed at 17.00.He is getting up by 9.00am with the carers and it seems like his days are getting shorter and shorter.
His furosemide has arrived which he has to take in the morning. The doctor wants me to ring him in a week to see how he is doing. He is only allowed 14 days worth.
I cannot see what else can be done after this tbh. His breathing has become quite wheezy when sat up in his recliner.
Getting him to bed last night was difficult. He is slower walking than last week. Sometimes it appears like the coordination has gone with the legs and brain.Undressing him last night I could see why he was scratching. The trousers had left their mark. In pressing his stomach with my finger the skin blanched. He has a lot of water retention there.Not so much in the ankles etc. Also the blue lips..
Sometimes I just wish this would end..I cannot see how the body can keep going. The worse thing for me is dad being very aware.How I wish he wasn’t..
He is eating but not as much as he usually does. Poor devil was really itching around his trouser waist band.He wanted to go to bed at 17.00.He is getting up by 9.00am with the carers and it seems like his days are getting shorter and shorter.
His furosemide has arrived which he has to take in the morning. The doctor wants me to ring him in a week to see how he is doing. He is only allowed 14 days worth.
I cannot see what else can be done after this tbh. His breathing has become quite wheezy when sat up in his recliner.
Getting him to bed last night was difficult. He is slower walking than last week. Sometimes it appears like the coordination has gone with the legs and brain.Undressing him last night I could see why he was scratching. The trousers had left their mark. In pressing his stomach with my finger the skin blanched. He has a lot of water retention there.Not so much in the ankles etc. Also the blue lips..
Sometimes I just wish this would end..I cannot see how the body can keep going. The worse thing for me is dad being very aware.How I wish he wasn’t..