The Longest Stroke-Dementia Road To Somewhere Journal

Love, Honor, Loyalty and Faith Challenging Days!!!!

November 19, 2018, Third day at Simi Valley Hospital!! Never make a decision for a love one when exhausted!!!!

Was looking forward to Monday, as president of Simi Valley Business Toastmasters, my plan was to lead the group in a successful meeting and possibly give my next research speech on Dementia and Alzheimer. My goal is to become a champion speaker and therefore I must achieve all goals outlined leading up to competition. Never dreamed of not being at the meeting. Haha!!! The jokes on me .

Sitting here staring at one wall, one door and glaring out one large window in my mother’s hospital room, I felt like all of a sudden I have been locked in a prison and someone threw away the key and my only crime was loving and wanting to take care of my mother. Suddenly, I gazed over to her bed and she was sleeping soundly. I prayed, “Thank you God and please let this be the day we leave the hospital.” Relaxing in the quietness of the hospital 4x4 room, in burst a nurse to draw blood, then another to take blood pressure and on and on!! By now, that fear monster has been awakened inside my mother’s body. Surely, the medical staff knows we got very little sleep and this is one patient and caregiver who were sleep deprived. They appeared oblivious to these two exhausted people in the room as they went about their daily task. I get it but a little compassion and bed side manners goes along way to a happy and content patient. They…