More of the Same

Friday lunch was a complete success. Margaret had decided that we should try an Indian meal for a change so we went to a restaurant we knew as Chutney Mary's in Noosaville but found out that it was now called Raj Indian. The only problem was that it hadn't got it's full liquor license and I had to pop down the road to buy a bottle of wine and a couple of stubbies of light beer. Luckily most wine bottles these days have screw tops so we could save what Margaret didn't drink for later. We could have have the lunch time special which looked very good value at $11.90 but we went up market and had Tandoori style meals. Margaret ordered a Tandoori Chicken and I had Tandoori Prawns. Actually we shared. We had some Garlic Nann and rice to accompany the main courses. It was a really good meal. We spent the rest of the afternoon resting.

Margaret wanted a sandwich for tea but I just had some more chocolate finishing the large bar off. We were watching TV while I got my UK Drama Series fix, Silent Witness, when Margaret quite suddenly got upset with me. I don't know what I had done but she stormed off to the kitchen to get her bedtime medications which she couldn't work out so I had to help her. I made sure that she got into bed OK and went back to the TV – thank goodness for a time shifting DVD recorder. Later I had to help Margaret get back under the covers before I went to bed.

Saturday was a pretty bland day. Washing and house work. Margaret appeared to have forgotten that she was annoyed with me and we had a quiet day. I should point out that Margaret is now pretty much bedridden and still having “accidents” when she loses the race from her bed to the bathroom but this in now part of normal life for us now. She also has a really short memory span and conveniently forgets how many alcoholic drinks she had had. This gave rise to a funny incident Saturday evening. Margaret had been drinking white wine from a cask and when she wanted to go to bed she said that she was going to fill her glass up. As she had reached her normal limit I got cross but she said I should stop bullying her and she was having another glass. Next she went to the kitchen and filled a large glass with chilled water!!. She never realised that I was worried about the grog.

Sunday – another quiet day with Margaret becoming more detached from real life. She only leaves her room for dinner of when we have to go out. She never knows what day it is and I have to tell her several times a day. She also wants to know when her next medical appointments are. These are written on the calendar but as she doesn't know the day of the week or even month of the year this isn't much good. A typical conversation is:

Margaret, “ When do I go and see A (her GP) again?”
Brian, “Not until Tuesday week – March the ninth but you have a blood test next Friday.”
Margaret, “Why do I need a blood test.”
Brian, “A asked for it to see how you are going and to check your kidney function.”
Margaret. “When doe I get the results?”
Brian, “When you see A the Tuesday after?”
Margaret. “Do I have an appointment?”
Brian, “Yes.”

and so on.

This will be repeated at least twice a day.

In the evening little Louis was fast asleep on the settee with his head under on of the cushions which he finally pushed on the floor giving himself a fright. We both had a good laugh at his surprise and left the cushion on the ground. About an hour later Margaret wanted to go to bed and when she got up she saw the cushion on the floor and asked how it had got there. She had forgotten Louis' little episode earlier.

Monday I went shopping early after Louis walk and getting Margaret's breakfast. While driving between one shopping centre to another my mobile phone rang. I pulled over but the caller had hung up. It was Margaret. I phoned home and got no reply so I phoned her mobile which she is supposed to carry at all times. Again there was no reply. I drove straight home to find Margaret in the bathroom with a diarrhea attack. She was OK but had phoned me to get her some Lomotil.

The rest of the day was quiet and we had a roast chicken dinner which she enjoyed.

Today Margaret has started with pains in her legs which is probably due to mineral loss causing cramps and she has had a nasty diarrhea attack. It is pouring with rain and it looks like being a long gloomy day confined indoors.