I'm keeping my eye or my thoughts on watching how mac is acting or reacting these days..as he is now on day 4 of being off one of his meds....So far, so good, except for the past two nights...when it's time for bed, around 10 p.m. usually there is no problem, but past two nights seems to be "out of it' ...when i said, hey guess we should brush our teeth now and get ready for bed...he looked at me as if I was an alien, and said, 'don't make me laugh ....why should I brush my teeth...I'm not brushing my teeth" At first, I kind of laughed and said, ha, we always brush our teeth...'Well go and brush your teeth, said Mac...so I did - just went to do that. When i returned I said, o.k. turning off t.v. and gettiong your meds ready...- he answered 'What for - I'm not going to bed...
Well it took a while, of just saying what time it was, it's dark, etc etc...till finally i said, "well look would you mind just putting your head down on your pillow....luckily his preposay (don't have french keyboard ) had put on his p.j.s already - so i can at least put your eye drops in your eyes..." Well that finally did the trick, he lay down and i put on his patch (meds) and eye drops in....and he said, 'i am tired, and with that closed his eyes and was soon asleep....We went through a bit of the same routine last night too....it's espcially interesting, if i would just be looking on this and not wanting to get to bed myself...but it does get a bit frustrating, as he kind of laughs at me, and says, you can't tell me what to do...Well, i'm not telling you...I'm asking you to please come to bed, it's late, I'm tired, comon...then said the bit about eyedrops and it worked.
He also thinks there are many more people in here that he has to talk to, that business i got through by saying, how about waiting till morning, and if they are still here, talk to them then....of course, by morning, he was fine....Which is great....so it's the night's i'm watching, how will he be tonight, who knows????
So Sat. and Sunday, two good days ...with spending the whole day on lake St. louis, walking talking, and eating our lunch, we left about 1;00 and back 5'30.....and today, we were at church or I was, and in the afternoon, the great service Adapted transport took us to one of the most beautiful points on the island of mtl... Thompson point....in Beaurepaire - Beaconsfield...had a meeting there with some people...and they were just great with Mac...and he was so 'on target" in fact his jokes and carrying on with them and the people at our table at dinner ...here in our building....shows just how interacting with others is great for everyone - including people with alzheimers...it's kind of sad to see how many people don't bother visiting their parents or relatives...this interaction doesn't always happen, but it's great to see it happen and therefore having the atmosphere and the people around are the best way to make it work.
So now to have a good evening, and see what happens in the next moments....g'nite
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