Don't forget to take care of yourself, Noddy.
Oh Noddy, major (((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))) going out to you and Mr. Noddy.
Thanks to all of you. Good wishes from good friends mean a lot.
I was able to talk to Mr. Noddy last night. Modern medicine: Nitro, a powerful diuretic, and morphine all had him feeling much better and he was more coherent. He was also panicked about a cardio cath today. As a long-term diabetic, his kidneys are not going to be happy with the dye used for contrast.
I'm inclined to trust doctors--after all, they don't want fatalities on their records. Mr. Noddy is less sanguine. He finds it much harder to make that leap of faith: "I don't know, but the experts do."
His ego is badly bruised. The ambulance crew, the ER staff, the doctor covering for his out-of-town Internist have all asked me, "Is he always this confused and incoherent." Pain and stress tax his muddled mind, but even under ideal conditions, he's muddled.
I'm going to re-read all your good wishes. Again, thank you. I'll keep you posted.
My goodness.
What a lot has been going on here!
Miss Noddy, take good care of yourself. Plenty of folks keeping an eye on Mr. Noddy right now. Their file notes about the confusion, along with what the Visiting Nurse has likely documented, will all make it back to the regular doc - who may discover he didn't notice significant mental slippage as it was slowly drifting along.
Mental decline
Oh Noddy - I'm thinking of you as hard as I can. Maybe my thoughts will be strong enough to reach you without the medium of email. I sure hope so, because my last message never made it to the A2K postings.
Look after yourself. ehBeth is right, there are plenty of others looking after Mr Noddy right now, and you need all your strength, mental and physical.
I think Noddy needs a treat. I'm embarrassed to say I don't know which you'd like better, Noddy, a baba au rhum, a bit of fudge cake, and apple torte, or berries in cream, all of them with no calories.
Believe me, I'm taking very good care of myself. Today was a necessary hospital day. Mr. Noddy is still in pain, still confused, angry about being helpless (and identified as confused) and feeling very sorry for himself.
Tomorrow I had plans for lunch and a session with my Wardrobe Mistress, a Shopping Fiend disguised as a normal human being. I may cut the shopping short, but I'm keeping the luncheon engagement.
Osso--
I'm a woman for sherry trifle or a magnificent fresh fruit salad with lady fingers. Savouries tempt me more than sweets--cheeses and spiced meats and exotic bits of fish.
If I were invited to your buffet table, I'd like a small bite of everything, please--then seconds on the most delectable.
So how do we cope with listening to McCain's gaffes?
Um...as long as Osso is cooking, we all could kidnap Noddy for a day and take her shopping, including unique and intriguing bookstores, back to Osso's for another little bite or two or ten, then return her without Mr. Noddy ever knowing she was gone. And she can keep the glass slippers.
Well phooey! I must not have clicked to submit button after writing my last post.
What I was wondering was if all of us could kidnap Noddy and take her shopping to her big heart's content, including the very best bookstore and her favorite fashion places.
We could eat at Osso's first for all the energy that will be required, then go back to her place to indulge in a few more tidbits before returning to awful reality. Noddy get to keep the glass slippers.
Hah! Guess I should call it a night and hope for the return of my basic brain cells tomorrow...
It's my aunts 85th birthday today.
Since she never celebrated birthdays a lot (we nearly had to kidnap her for going to a restaurant on her 80th), we'll just go to the home with some flowers.
(Her "favourite niece" [aka my sister] send her already some yesterday, especially mentioning that above on her card.)
There will be coffee/cake with the others on the ward, like any day, but on such occassions with some singing (by the nuns) etc.
I didn't remind mother about the birthday(There's a second legal guardian appointed by the court by now - but just and only for one single of mother's bank fonds, which has some of my money in it.)
Walter--
That second guardian should make it very difficult for your sister to invent "irregularities". I hope her Take Charge instincts are satisfied.
Sox--
Thanks for the good wishes.
Tom Kitten--
You know what I'm going through. Your supportive thoughts are comforting.
Diane--
Believe me, I'm treating Mr. Noddy's hospital stay as if it were Designated Respite Care.
Rockhead--
I appreciate your support.
Phoenix--
You know what I mean by "In A Safe Place". This is restful.
Letty--
Sisterhood is powerful. Thank you.
Swampy--
I'm acrobatically poised. May all my tumbles be voluntary.
JPB--
I belong to the Lynchpin Society. If I go, the wheel goes. If the wheel goes the cart goes. Then we're all in the middle of the road hollering, "A horse! A horse!"
No thank you.
Montana--
I didn't mean to leave you out. Please keep cheering from across the border.
All of you. Caretaking is a lonely business and your support means a great deal. Thank you.
Noddy- You have given us the benefit of your sage advice and support over the years to all of us. If I haven't said it before, you have no idea how your "hold your dominion" has lifted me up when I was beside myself over the inanities of life.
I know that I am not speaking out of turn, when I can say, that as a group, "we are here for you". IMO, you are one of the most valuable members on A2K, a calm, wise voice often heard in a sea of despair and confusion.
We WILL help you get through this most troubling time!
Echoing Phoenix and always keeping my pom poms ready :-D
Mental Decline
It seems as though the last three years were three centuries, but the last year and a half were so very much less difficult to bear because by then I had found this thread. I simply cannot tell all of you how you have helped - and continue to help - me cope.
To judge by the starting date of the thread, many of you have had a much longer siege than I had, but short or long, I think the support we have all gained from each other has made a major difference to everyone of us.
I know it has for me.
A bit of a trifle, tra la...
