Day Forty Five

Sunday Jan. 18th 8:45 AM
I was very slack yesterday with the blog. I apologize. I have to leave Don's room to update the blog and I don't like to do that. Don slept OK on Friday night. The nursing home is much different than the hospital. It is so busy all the time. The call buzzers go off all the time and the doors are hardly ever shut so they can keep an eye on the residents. It will just take some time to get adjusted to sleeping through all that goes on. Don said they had to change his dressing and gown several times through the night Friday. They had to change it several times during the day on Saturday too. I had to go to my acupuncturist on Saturday after sleeping all week in the chair at the hospital. It was a reclining chair, but nonetheless it took a toll on my back. Don's mother Doris came to stay with him so that I could go to that appointment and then try to run some errands, do some laundry and pick up at the house where we have just laid things down coming in and out so much. He had a good day and a few visitors. He ate most of his lunch and supper. I got back to the center about 4:30 and spent the rest of the evening with him. The kids came by about 8:00. As I was getting him ready for bed Don began to get anxious and said I promise I'm not going to break down again. He is really having a tough time psychologically. Please just keep praying!