A Walk by the River

The walk by the Noosa River was a great success. Louis walks really well on the lead next to the wheelchair and was still able to check out lots of new smells and water several posts. Margaret enjoyed the scenery and got to say hello to a black standard poodle which reminded her of Louis' predecessor Pierre. We walked for about an hour. It was sunny and about 26C/79F but the breeze off the river kept us cool although Louis was happy to clamber back into the car at the end.

The rest of the day was pretty average. Margaret gets more and more confused as the day goes on so by bed time she is barely coherent. Luckily she drops off to sleep quite quickly and sleeps through the night. After breakfast today I had to go shopping and didn't get home until 9.30 am to find Margaret in a state in her en suite bathroom. I persuaded her to have a shower and wash her hair. A few minutes later she called out and when I got to her she was in tears. She had soaped herself down and shampooed her hair but now didn't know what to do next. I used her hand held shower wand to rinse her hair and she cried just like a baby. After rinsing the rest of her down I managed to calm her down and dry her off. I got her into a nightgown and she is now back in bed. Prior to lying down I massaged some conditioner into her hair and combed it out. A couple of weeks ago she had and expensive hair do to put some body into her rather thin hair. It appears to work and the leave in conditioner restores the body after a wash.

We have nothing planned for the rest of the day and I am going to clean the hall carpet where Louis snuck in and chewed up a nice messy bone over the week end!