You have 3.5 hours of sleep. It's funny how things change with parents as you come to be like the adult. My mother is on a medication called Hydromorph 2mg and every four hours she has to take it. I have had one coffee and there is no doubt that I need to have 3 more cups or perhaps I just dreaming that I am doing this right now.
Hope you find time for a nap!!
ReplyDeleteHey! I will at noon today she can't be left alone. I may we shall see how it goes the coffee is good and hope all is good there.
ReplyDeleteOh Jack, lack of sleep can be really hard to cope with. Hope you can catch a nap now and then...
ReplyDeleteCat naps yeah for now I am fine I usually wake up and read the paper as it's delivered early but this is the first that I am up before it has been delivered.
ReplyDeleteMia it's a nice day mild I mean - so this is good and I will find that nap later on.
The care you sacrifice for others will come back to you Jack. Maybe sneak in 40 winks more in a bit.
ReplyDeleteYou wake up out of REM and there is no going back :)
ReplyDeleteYou need to have a good sleep jack, don't drink too much coffee :)))
ReplyDeleteWell for now I shall - that is three cups and then I think it's time for a good breakfast..hello from this side of the world to yours...
ReplyDeleteI say good morning from my side of the world to yours, and good wishes to your mom and dad :)))
ReplyDeleteThank you I forget how to say your first name....
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ReplyDeleteso sorry that i refererd to you as Stan, your name is Jack , now i know sorry, well, the day has gone overcast and i have just finished cleaning all the house windows, always rains when it is Wednesday day off .Well, how is things going ?. its a full time job caring for elderly parents , i nursed mom untill her passing nearly 2yrs ago, i admire you greatly. Well, we were going to chat but our time is very different and it makes it a little difficult, we will catch each other online hopefully shortly, have a good day or evening whatever the time difference.Rosiex
No worries Rosie. Today I have to say home so if you wish to have that chat by all means just let me know. My mother was placed on a medication that I have to monitor her for every four hours for just today. My real name is John, but as you would know in England that often many people named John are called Jack.
ReplyDeleteI have been since birth, my grandfather was and my great grandfather was - I am the third generation of my given names - but money didnt come with it :)
Looking after someone who is ill is no easy task. Do try an look after yourself as well, or next thing you will be sick. Sending good thoughts your way my friend :)
ReplyDeleteTake care as you are able I know it's a difficult task as my Mom is having to do so much even with Dad in the Nursing Home and she is exhausted because he cries when she leaves . He may get to go home in the next month but it's a lot of care giving for her. I had to leave Michigan a day early because we had a death in the family here and I was so exhausted after it all the first chance I got I think I slept enough for 2 days!
ReplyDeleteDo try to rest
Hi Nancie, I am in an hour I will be heading for a nap I think. I have never done this before in my life and I feel like it's nearly night already. Well in a while I will take a two hour sleep and then get on with things.
ReplyDeleteYeah I will, I just want to see that he is up and settled and then she is back in bed as she is doing fine and then I can squeeze in my own time. Cheryl that sounds like it was very taxing for you. To leave and then return to something else - that is hard.
ReplyDeleteAnd life goes on , each day new mercies we go on!
ReplyDeleteThat could be very wearing, but you say it is just for today? Might take a day or two to recuperate. Not as quickly as staying up all night in one's 20's. :-))
ReplyDeleteDJ, I was up at 4am then I headed out to get a few things and then had to take a nap as she is on meds every four hours and I think now it's working for her.
ReplyDeleteNo it's certainly not but it's working for her.
That will be hard to have lack of sleep at night but you have to do the best to your mom :) take a nap (without having coffee before) will be a perfect solution ;)
ReplyDeleteFinally last night I headed to bed early and I woke up at 9pm. And oh thank god for that as yesterday was a day that I have never encountered in some times.
ReplyDeleteMy first thoughts were why didnt they take here into the hospital during this time - but it's all unionized here and they say they don't have beds - but I have seen it where there are literally floors of beds - but by way of union some just dont want to work and it ends up being family that tends to things that should be handled within a hospital.
My two cents on this one Silvia.
yeah, actually I wondered why your mom didn't taken to hospital since maybe they can help more. But you know some elder man doesn't want to stay in the hospital, they prefer stay in the house. But if it related to the family that maybe didn't want to take her to hospital then it's another matter. Please give more attention to your mom to see if she is better to stay in the hospital or not for early recovery. Sick makes people tired. Wish your mom gets better soon..God Bless her..
ReplyDeleteYeah there has been much with all of this - this week but finally there is some balance slowly coming into place. She actually should have been in a hospital for a while - it's a story onto itself as Canada does have some things pending the province with this. But all is slowly getting better Silvia.
ReplyDeletelucky mom to have a great son to take care of her..I wonder if any of my two sons would be like that to me someday..*sigh*
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