Confusion Reigns

I managed to clean the carpet while Margaret slept. She really was quite confused all day. After dinner she watched a bit of TV with me but did not really appear to take anything in and I suggested that she should go to bed at 9.30. Much to my surprise she started fiddling with the latch which activates the reclining action on her armchair and complained the it would not go down. I explained that when she had the seat in the reclining position the latch did nothing and that to put her legs down she had to sit forwards and push the leg rest down. She couldn't understand what I meant and said that latch always put the seat rest down in the past. I got up from my recliner chair and showed her how to get up. She was surprised when I just pushed the leg rest down and locked it shut. “I didn't know you had to do that!” she said. We have had these reclining armchairs for over three years.

This morning she is still confused and and asked when “that woman” is coming today several times. I have told her she, the Blue Care RN, wont come for another two weeks at least three times. Next she said she had to go to the doctors it took me two tries to get her to understand that her next appointment was in a weeks time.

She is in her forth day of antibiotics for UTI but there is no lessening of her confusion.

We will see what the rest of the day brings.