Wow what a day....

Wow , what a day.... I went to Meggans this morning to spend some time with her, she lost the baby yeaterday and with Matt out of town she was in need of some company and support. I was so happy to be there for her. I went over at 10 30 am and stayed until 2 45pm. Grammy R didn't want to go and I felt that she would be ok to stay for a couple of hours, as we have done that before. And Bruce would be home for lunch at noon and would stay until 1 pm. Well , little did I realize that this was not a good day to do it. I came home and she was doing ok but was very tired, and complaining about a back ache. She complains about her back from time to time... mine hurts to from time to time so I don't think to much about it with her, any way I asked her if she wanted to have some IB for the pain, and she said oh she had taken some already, well that is ok, except she proceeded to show me what she had taken and she had taken her Equate allergy pills, which is fine also except she had taken two, which also ok because it say's on the pill box that she can take two... so I went ahead and gave her the 2 IB for her pain in her back, well she went down stairs to take a nap because she was sleepy, the allergy pills do that to her any way and she had taken a double dose, well she came up about a half hour later and seemed alittle more lively, but as I started talking to her she was not able to make any sense of what she wanted to say, her words were gone, she not could not say two words that made any sense she was switching from one idea to another faster then I could keep up with.... it was bad, and I for the first time had a glimpes of what we have coming. And she knew she wasn't making sense so it was frustrating her... as I tryed to understand what was going on it occured to me that it must be the med's that made the condition worse, and she was still in a bad way when Bruce came home for supper . So..... yes I learned a couple of things, I can't leave her that long alone and two I need to be moving the med's that we have on the top shelve to a more secure place.... she is failing and we know that it is coming faster then we want . My heart aches for her.... and there is nothing we can do beyond love her and take care of her and keep her safe.
Now also her dog has been sick for a few weeks now, he has been coughing and sneezeing lately and we have had him to the dr. 3 times in the last 3 weeks, any way she is worried about him too and thinks he dying most of the time... she will start crying and get worked up over him, and she had done that this morning.... needless to stay she is struggling. But we are hanging in there and all is well with Bruce and I.
Well this is a long one.... sorry about that, just wanted to jot this down because I am kinda keeping these notes so I can kinda keep track of Grammy R journey... as they say it is a long journey with AD. Love ya all......

Walking to the Senior Center

Today was a nice day, but I am tired. This morning Grammy Rose and I walked to the Sr. Center, and we went in and checked it out. I think she is going to go try it Wed. morning and she wants to go for the whole morning, so we will see. She really wants to make friends and this will be a good place to start, I have let the director know that she does have AD and as long as she tends to her own things like eating and going to bath room by her self, she can be there. So it will work for a bit. The other thing I did was mow the lawn this evening, well I did the usalle out skirts of the lawn while Bruce rode the mower. So needless to say I am very tired.
Tomorrow I have a HM open house with Meggan, and then she has a dr. appt. in the afternoon. I will take GR with us for a bit, but I think she will come home as it is running from 10 - 2pm. We seem to be keeping busy. Well that is it for today, love to all.....

An afternoon with Meggan

Well, here we are finishing up another weekend. It has been a nice one, I had a chance to spend some time with Meggan and Beckham bye my self for a change yesterday afternoon. It was nice to be away from my responsibilities for Grammy Rose. I really enjoyed having the time away. We didn't really do any thing much, we went shopping at Baby R Us, and then went to her house for a short visit. Bruce stayed home with his mom, and then took her to church like he always does each Sat. evening. I must say it made me miss my times with Meggan and Beckham bye my self, but I appreciate the little times like yesterday when I can get them.
Our house has changed some since GR came to live with us. We don' t see our kids near as often as we were, and spending the same amount of time together as a family. It makes us alittle sad I guess, but know that they are doing their own things and getting on with their lives. I guess we have been spoiled alot and have enjoyed the past 2.5 years . But it is rewarding to see our children independent and living good lives. And it isn't like we don't see them of and on, some parents don't get to see their children more then once a year ( like my folks) so I really can't complain.
Well only 2 weeks and I will be visiting with my daughter and have plenty of time as I am staying a month... hope she and her husband don't get tired of me ( you know they will) I am really looking forward to it.
Okay time for bed.... love ya all.