Was just thinking as we returned home from a beautiful long day at the lake here in lachine, that the today and yesterday were almost perfect, no big problems, just very minor stuff. Also, thinking it's the walking when we walk and talk, it's super...BUT, then tonight we had to have the Sundown syndrome or whatever they call it, which started with, i never see bank statements, something has to be done - this is the first one i've ever seen, - and no matter how much i went over the fact that he sees them every month...it was no way...so finally tried and succeeded in changing the subject...saying 'let's go down and swing on the garden swing' so that kind of stopped him in his tirade, and so even though it was getting late, we went down to the garden swing, and while we were swinging, he took me by surprise. by saying 'do you live near here'......Well yeah - we live together my name is janet Mcconnell, Really said mac, that's so strange, you must be a different janet...well then he kind of chuckled and said, really ...you are not THE JANET...I live with... where do you live? With you right here i replied...well, that kind of threw him, and he sat looking at me...so i said, think we should go to our apartment now..it's almost time for mary to come to get you ready for bed....Well he kind of humored me and came up to our apartment.
looking at the funiture, he decided that well...this is really my furniture, this must be where i'm living now, wonder when i'll go home...
This always gets to me after awhile and i start to feel a bit sad and near tears when we got a bit of a surprise when we heard someone knocking on the door
The person that interrupted my kind of talking and getting mac oriented was the assistant head nurse.....he is shawanda Singh..a very handsome, 6ft 2 or so east indian ...he said that we are or mac is now his responsibililty and that he will be visiting us just to make sure we are o.k. approx 2 or 3 min every day....at about 8;30...just checking...i'm so happy as i often feel isolated in my situation i do have access to the head nurse and the director here is a real doll. Louise Benoit, but i'm not keen to bother people, but with this arrangement, every day.....it's just to make sure..and if something occurs well he is right there to help.
Also he asked my age, when i told him hey, my bd is tomorrow i'll be 81 he said....you are a very healthy looking 81 year old, and a great example of how one spouse can really keep up the morale and cognition of a person with Alz for approx.. 5 - 6 years..(they have all mac's stats) apparently mac is doing so well for the state he is in. (Shawinda or Sean as he said he could be called, has also been in touch with the preposees who help mac every day)- they told him we walk etc. I said, well, this is my choice, we are married 61 years and we're almost in the same skin so to speak..he said - wow, that's lovely i'm going to go home and see how my wife feels, about
that...hmmm.
i wonder what he thought i meant.
Anyway, having him will be a lovely birthday gift....g'nite...
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