Chapter 288 - From One day to the Next
I awoke bleary eyed about 0800 this morning. Large heap of pillows on her bed I thought was her. Then I heard a rustling from the lounge room. Her trolley, CB radio were still here in the bedroom, maybe she wasn't beneath the pillows on the bed, upside down as she often is. I rose, went to the lounge room; there she was, sitting on a lounge chair, leaning forward shifting squares for a quilt she is rushing to make for a prospective niece. The pieces were arranged on the lounge room floor. Yesterday, to relieve her stress, I stitched 8 butterfly designs for her, and these she was arranging loosely. I stooped to help. Feel free to see this as conjugal bliss.
But to back up to Thursday. An uneventful day, as days go. Polly, PD nurse, rang to check her condition and suggested a Sinemet 100/25 should she need it in the dark hours of the night; also to add a Comtan at 1000 each day. That night at 2330 she called me on the CB to help her into bed; I found her standing beside the bed, looking slightly bewildered, I guided her onto the bed. From her own notes she took a Sinemet 100/25 at 0300 Friday, noting it had little effect and pain in her legs continued until she fell asleep. Later on Friday she remembered that her legs "went wild" about 0030 that morning. At 0600 she took her usual mix of Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50, Deralin 40, Sifrol 1 & Comtan 200 then slept until 0800, telling me she had had a bad night. (Thursday she woke at 0930) She showered and dressed herself without needing the commode/shower chair. A "normal" Friday is when our Sadie comes, which means the beds are stripped for the sheets to be washed. I collected everything for the laundry, she put the lot through the washing machine, later I hung it all on the outside line to dry. She added a Comtan 200 to her usual Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50, Deralin 40 at 1000. When Sadie arrived to clean I popped down the street for some frozen finger food for our planned attendance at a small "concert" at our village hall late in the afternoon. A little after noon Sadie poked her head in the door of my dungeon saying "I think she may want you to ring the PD nurse." I didn't respond immediately, then she called me on the CB. She was sitting on the lounge, miserably. "Please ring Polly, I feel just as I did coming back from Southern City." A referral to either the saga she experienced after leaving the PD clinic down there years ago or a more recent return trip from the same city, both resulted in panic attacks and hospital visits. Before ringing Polly, I delayed by making notes, also I wanted Sadie to finish her cleaning for us to be alone. My observations: frequent licking of lips, frequently taking sips of water from a bottle, saying there was a large lump in her throat, panting, breathing noisily through her nose, unable to concentrate, seemed confused, when I asked whether she had unusual "feelings" in her genital area (as she had on the return trip from the clinic) she didn't answer looking confused. As Sadie left I rang Polly's mobile, twice, due to braking-up at her end. Polly asked me to ring back in 5 minutes when she may be in the clear but she rang first. As the 1400 meds were due it was advised to drop the Comtan then and also at 1000 the next day (Saturday, today). I was asked to have her breathe deeply, suggesting her body was full of smoke, to be expelled. We did this as she began to look sleepy. I suggested she take her 2pm meds, she doubted she was able to swallow them. She said they could be broken. I had her sip water, then gave her the half pills, one half at a time. After a couple she was confused, having decided she had taken sufficient, so I had to encourage her to take the remainder, sipping between each. She began to nod off, decided she needed to eat something. I made her a piece of toast, took a mouthful then felt strange in the tummy. I helped her onto the loo at 1425, where she sat looking drugged, drooping forward until 1445. I helped her off the loo, she finished eating the toast, sitting quietly when at 1510 she wished to sleep so I helped her to bed. She woke at 1600, remained in bed with a slight headache. I took our finger food contribution over to the people organising the concert; they said "Things are running late, come along when she is awake." I doubted that. She dozed on & off till 1800 when the pill alarm went off for her to take Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50 Deralin 40 but no Comtan. There was no lump in the back of her throat, yet "things were walking up & down" her left leg, the back of her head was numb, as she limped into the loo. Then out to her TV chair with her head was "buzzing". She needed a couple of firm pillows beneath her feet, her legs ached especially from the knees down, generally feels awful, yawned a lot. At 1900 we each had a bowl of pasta then at 2130 she went to bed.
So today, Saturday, at 0600 she began with Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50, Deralin 40, Sifrol 1, Comtan 200. At 1000 Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50, Deralin 40 which began kicking in about 1115 allowing her to begin some quilting work she brought home from Respite last Tuesday, needed for their sale stall next week. As I pointed out, she has no need to rush with the quilt for the prospective niece who is yet to see the light of day. I am always complaining about her inability to prioritise her work.
She fell on Monday last, needing to support herself heavily on the corner of her sewing machine table as she stood, popping the side door open, tangling herself in it & coming down on the right side of her bum, without hurt or bruise. Speaking of bums. She noticed in the junk mail that the super market I detest was selling incontinence pants, her size, for $3 discount per pack and also chair cushions that mold to the shape of one's bum; so on Wednesday we bought 9 packs of pants and 2 twin packs of cushions, three for the kitchen chairs she sits on at her two computers/sewing machine and the kitchen table (where she cuts out these days) and one left over for the kitchen chair in my dungeon. You may remember that we had found that office chairs gave us hip problems. I feel the benefit of the cushion.
But to back up to Thursday. An uneventful day, as days go. Polly, PD nurse, rang to check her condition and suggested a Sinemet 100/25 should she need it in the dark hours of the night; also to add a Comtan at 1000 each day. That night at 2330 she called me on the CB to help her into bed; I found her standing beside the bed, looking slightly bewildered, I guided her onto the bed. From her own notes she took a Sinemet 100/25 at 0300 Friday, noting it had little effect and pain in her legs continued until she fell asleep. Later on Friday she remembered that her legs "went wild" about 0030 that morning. At 0600 she took her usual mix of Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50, Deralin 40, Sifrol 1 & Comtan 200 then slept until 0800, telling me she had had a bad night. (Thursday she woke at 0930) She showered and dressed herself without needing the commode/shower chair. A "normal" Friday is when our Sadie comes, which means the beds are stripped for the sheets to be washed. I collected everything for the laundry, she put the lot through the washing machine, later I hung it all on the outside line to dry. She added a Comtan 200 to her usual Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50, Deralin 40 at 1000. When Sadie arrived to clean I popped down the street for some frozen finger food for our planned attendance at a small "concert" at our village hall late in the afternoon. A little after noon Sadie poked her head in the door of my dungeon saying "I think she may want you to ring the PD nurse." I didn't respond immediately, then she called me on the CB. She was sitting on the lounge, miserably. "Please ring Polly, I feel just as I did coming back from Southern City." A referral to either the saga she experienced after leaving the PD clinic down there years ago or a more recent return trip from the same city, both resulted in panic attacks and hospital visits. Before ringing Polly, I delayed by making notes, also I wanted Sadie to finish her cleaning for us to be alone. My observations: frequent licking of lips, frequently taking sips of water from a bottle, saying there was a large lump in her throat, panting, breathing noisily through her nose, unable to concentrate, seemed confused, when I asked whether she had unusual "feelings" in her genital area (as she had on the return trip from the clinic) she didn't answer looking confused. As Sadie left I rang Polly's mobile, twice, due to braking-up at her end. Polly asked me to ring back in 5 minutes when she may be in the clear but she rang first. As the 1400 meds were due it was advised to drop the Comtan then and also at 1000 the next day (Saturday, today). I was asked to have her breathe deeply, suggesting her body was full of smoke, to be expelled. We did this as she began to look sleepy. I suggested she take her 2pm meds, she doubted she was able to swallow them. She said they could be broken. I had her sip water, then gave her the half pills, one half at a time. After a couple she was confused, having decided she had taken sufficient, so I had to encourage her to take the remainder, sipping between each. She began to nod off, decided she needed to eat something. I made her a piece of toast, took a mouthful then felt strange in the tummy. I helped her onto the loo at 1425, where she sat looking drugged, drooping forward until 1445. I helped her off the loo, she finished eating the toast, sitting quietly when at 1510 she wished to sleep so I helped her to bed. She woke at 1600, remained in bed with a slight headache. I took our finger food contribution over to the people organising the concert; they said "Things are running late, come along when she is awake." I doubted that. She dozed on & off till 1800 when the pill alarm went off for her to take Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50 Deralin 40 but no Comtan. There was no lump in the back of her throat, yet "things were walking up & down" her left leg, the back of her head was numb, as she limped into the loo. Then out to her TV chair with her head was "buzzing". She needed a couple of firm pillows beneath her feet, her legs ached especially from the knees down, generally feels awful, yawned a lot. At 1900 we each had a bowl of pasta then at 2130 she went to bed.
So today, Saturday, at 0600 she began with Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50, Deralin 40, Sifrol 1, Comtan 200. At 1000 Sinemet 100/25, Sinemet CR 200/50, Deralin 40 which began kicking in about 1115 allowing her to begin some quilting work she brought home from Respite last Tuesday, needed for their sale stall next week. As I pointed out, she has no need to rush with the quilt for the prospective niece who is yet to see the light of day. I am always complaining about her inability to prioritise her work.
She fell on Monday last, needing to support herself heavily on the corner of her sewing machine table as she stood, popping the side door open, tangling herself in it & coming down on the right side of her bum, without hurt or bruise. Speaking of bums. She noticed in the junk mail that the super market I detest was selling incontinence pants, her size, for $3 discount per pack and also chair cushions that mold to the shape of one's bum; so on Wednesday we bought 9 packs of pants and 2 twin packs of cushions, three for the kitchen chairs she sits on at her two computers/sewing machine and the kitchen table (where she cuts out these days) and one left over for the kitchen chair in my dungeon. You may remember that we had found that office chairs gave us hip problems. I feel the benefit of the cushion.
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