A Good Day...

Left: Larry with daughter, Alyson. (taken 2008)

06:40PM -- Larry has had a fairly good day. He's taken Dilaudid about 3 times so far, but has remained awake most of the day. He's having the usual memory problems, but doing okay. Last night, however, was at the other end of the spectrum. He hurt tremendously. He got upset with me because I needed to put his pain patches on. I got upset and tried to calm him down. After about 20 minutes everything settled down. He's eating next to nothing, and drinking very little. He wanted vegetable beef soup today; and after about 4 spoons, he fell asleep. When he woke up, he said all "that food" really knocked him out. I'm managing to get his eyedrops in about once a day now, instead of twice. He's not taking his regular meds. He told me last night that they "won't save him from..." and he couldn't finish the sentence. Or rather, he wouldn't finish the sentence. He always tells me when his children call that he or she "said they loved me". He tears up each and every time. I just gave him a dose of Dilaudid (5ml) to maintain his comfort. He's had a pretty good day as far as pain is concerned.

I'll post more later, if I have the time...