Chapter 49 - Strange Things

Did I mention that on last Monday at her Aunt's place she experienced a lot of tremor (not really visible to outsiders) and what I call "heart flutters"? Well, yesterday after she rose at noon the same symptoms developed. All afternoon & into the evening. A headache began at the same time she later reported to me (I find she tends to not mention "minor" aches & pains unless they become "bad"), peaked around 9:30pm when I convinced her to take a couple of Tylenol, so by 10pm the headache was receding. At 5:30pm she said she felt "flushed", had a little colour but was not hot to the touch. In the evening I attended a meeting for about 2 hours and on my return she was somewhat subdued. I suggested we have an early night, which advice I followed, yet she lingered until about 11pm. We both slept beyond midnight so her meds were taken at a quarter to one but no Stillnox. She later rose twice without me waking. Then at 4am she got out of bed on the window side of her bed and found herself "stuck". There is little room to move on that side. She woke me. I had to raise her legs & rotate her on her bottom seated on the bed so that she faced the other way, then raise her to her feet. She told me she had had little sleep, had been shaky the whole time, toes curling, hot & sweaty. She was cool to my touch but her forehead was clammy. After a few minutes back in bed she needed to walk the house to unwind. The experience had stressed her. By 4:30 am she was able to get herself back into bed. The alarm woke us for her 7am meds. The sheet & doona on her bed were in tangles so I remade the bed for her. Before she dozed off I told her I will wake her at 9am, an attempt to re-sync her sleeping times. I took a walk around the village, she was awake on my return. I breakfasted & read mail. Now time to get her up for hopefully a better day.

She really wanted to stay in bed. "I've only just been in a deep sleep." "Any aches & pains?". "None." "No neck pains? Back? Hip?", I insist. She replies, "None. But it has cost $1200."

"Will you have breakfast or a shower first?" I ask as she totters along between our beds. "A shower while I can still move."

Another day.