What Made You Happy Today?

[Deleted member 12723]

I am happy that my husband is at least talking to me now, calmly and nicely. He wants to know why he is here. He does not remember moving in. He put his own shirt on by himself today.This makes me happy. I took more anxiety meds.

 

[Kim500]

My grandson made this Christmas card for his brother, who is about 18 months.

Hi! Thank you so much for sharing the card, it's soooo cute!!! :joyful: I love the story about the one he made for you too!:angelic:

 

[Kim500]

I am happy that my husband is at least talking to me now, calmly and nicely.

Hi dear gizmo! I'm so glad that you're husband is doing better! It looks like our prayers were answered, with that delusion in the past! Praise God! :joyful: ***Many hugs for you to keep your strength and courage up!***

Can you tell me what your husband suffers from? (If you don't want to, that's ok! I just want to know so that I will understand your and his situation better.)

 

[Sailorgal]

Safenow-what a gift!!!! I also play and it's been too long. I play here and there. It's bad though becayse when I play, I tune out everyone around me abd become unsocial!!!

Ms Spock-glad you had a great visit. Short and sweet is better than nothing! (That is how I describe myself-haha!)

Gizmo---hugs!!!!!!!!!

Sheila - the funniest part is watching everyone try not getting stuck with those unwanted gifts!!!

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Kim, my husband has dementia. The delusions and hallucinations are still here. He is struggling between what he believes and what I tell him. I will have to call his doctor tommorow and hopefully get his doctor to talk to him on the phone. He is so out of it. Sometimes I have a hard time understanding him when he talks. I am remaing calm and unruffled. This day is going by fast. I am at a loss. I will have to talk to someone about in house care. I am dreading making the call. He will not like it. He likes taking care of himself. I am having a hard time making decisions. This story will not end happily. That is the bad part.

 

[BloomInWinter]

Taking my daughter and our dog to the dog park!

 

[ms spock]

Stopped and reflected for a few minutes. Working at thinking things through.

 

[Kim500]

Kim, my husband has dementia.

Hi dear Gizmo! Thank you so much for explaining all that to me!!! I am so sorry that he has dementia. It must be so hard for you and it sounds like you are being such a loving wife to him! You're wonderful!! (((Hugs))) I can imagine that it is very hard for him to struggle with whether he should believe you or the delusions that his mind tells him are true. I'm sure he wants to believe you because he loves you and trusts you, but his mind must be telling him that the delusions are what's true. How confusing for you both! I'm glad you're going to call his doctor and that you're also going to talk to someone about in-home care. I hope that you will get someone that understands that he wants to take care of himself and that this care provider will be sensitive to allow your husband as much freedom to do that as is possible! God bless you both!!! :inlove:

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Thank you very much Kim. I really appreciate your kind words. They mean alot to me. Hugs.

 

[Kim500]

Here's something else that made me happy today! After I found the sound machine earlier today that I wanted to buy, I went on YouTube and found that they had long videos there of peaceful sounds too!!!!! Ocean waves, storms, birds, crickets and more! And they were long too, like one hour!! (And I think YouTube might even have a replay function so you can play it continuously. I'm not sure.) Anyway, I don't think I need to buy a sound machine anymore since I have this free option! Which is good because right now I can barely rub two pennies together! :D

Thanks for listening! :)

 

[Sailorgal]

Ha ha! I loved your post Kim. It's the little things in life that matters!!!

 

[ms spock]

I left the house and bought some food. So that was really good.