Don didn't sleep well at all Wednesday night. He went to the spare bedroom and tried to sleep in the bed. (He has been sleeping in his recliner and I've been sleeping on the couch for several weeks now.) He was still asleep when I went to work. I called later and he said that he had a bad night and couldn't get comfortable. He said the his left hand and both feet were swollen. His parents came to take him to the lab to have his blood checked for the thinner he is on. He also went to therapy and they took it a little easier on him. Donnie Lee, Kristi, David, Dylan & Skyler all came for dinner. Don's mother had made dinner for all of us again today while she was here. It was wonderful and we enjoyed it very much.
Friday March 13th
One month ago we brought Don home from the nursing center. What a difference in this one month. We went to Kannapolis after I got off from work. We had to meet Don's parents to take care of some business regarding the accident. Don's dad is still taking care of most of that kind of stuff. It has been a tremendous help not to have to worry about all the bills and meetings with the insurance companies and hospitals etc. We went out to eat after the meeting and then back to Don's parents house. When we arrived Don's mom called his aunt and uncle that live up the street and they came down. They weren't told that Don was there but they guessed that it was him and his aunt brought him some apple cider that she had made at Christmas. If you remember she had brought it to him in the hospital and then again at the nursing center. During our visit we watched a dvd that Don's parents had made from the old movies of Don as he was growing up. We watched it until about 7:00 and then had to leave to come home as it was raining and would be getting dark soon. I am still doing all the driving and I don't do well in the rain nor the dark and combining them well let's just say I was glad to get us home.
Saturday March 14th
I had to work today since we were out for snow on March 2 & 3. I arrived home about 1:00 and Don was waiting for us to go out for the day. We went to Tractor Supply and Wal-Mart in Denver. We then went to Lincolnton and hit a few more stores there. By that time it was supper time so we went to the new Chinese place in town. We then hit one more store and finally headed home. It rained again all day today. Don is having some issues with depression and I am physically wore out. I told some one that I think it has finally hit me and I am beginning to shut down after being on auto pilot for these past months.
Sunday March 15th
Don made us breakfast this morning. He got him self dressed for church. We went to church and it was the first time that those folks had seen him without his wheel chair. Everyone was so proud of him and praised him for his accomplishments. It was still raining so we just headed home and had dinner. After dinner Don was real depressed and did a lot of crying. I told him I thought it may be weather related and he said he didn't think so. I do feel that the weather adds to it. This is the 3rd or 4th day of continuous rain and cloudiness. We decided we would try to sleep in our bed but Don was unable to make it through the night. He ended up going to the spare bed room about 3:00 AM
Monday March 16th
Don had therapy again today. It was assessment day and things didn't go well again. He has lost more range of motion and mobility in his right arm and left leg. His ankles are also weak along with his calf muscles. That really upset Don because he had been so used to making progress every week. He said that he was really hurting and was just so depressed. After supper he just sat around and cried again. He is so depressed and I have finally begun to hear it in his voice whenever he talks. Don slept in the spare bedroom again and I slept on the couch.
Tuesday March 17th
Today is day 104. I talked to Don about 9:00 and he said he had already taken his pain meds but it had not relieved any of his pain. He asked me if I would be mad at him if he didn't go to therapy today. I told him I wouldn't be mad at him no matter what but that he needed to take his pain meds as frequent as he needed to get rid of the pain. He has tried to slack off on the pain meds because he is afraid of getting addicted. I told him he needed to take the medicine if he needed it. He was walking much better this afternoon and I told him that I had noticed it. He said I ought to be - I have taken enough pain medicine. I told him I know that it is not what you want to hear but if it takes taking the medicine every 4 hours then that is just what it will have to be. He doesn't like to hear that or talk about that. He hates taken medicine at all and the fact that he has to and then the possibility that he could become addicted to it that is not helping. Even though the doctor uped his Celexa I don't think it is working well for Don. We may need to see about some other type of anti-depressant.
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