Monday, July 20, 2009

Sleeping and eating...and sleeping...and eating...and sleeping again

Dee Dee got off to a good start this morning. She woke up around 9 am, got herself dressed without any prompting from me, and then proceeded to the kitchen and fixed herself frozen waffles for breakfast. This was a first - I didn't help her at all!

However, for the rest of the day she has done nothing but sleep. Ace came over today at 12:30 to take Dee Dee out to lunch and do a little shopping with her. Ace finally had to wake her up at 2 pm, at which point they went out to Steak-n-Shake. By shortly after 4:00 she was asleep in her room again, and I had to wake her up for dinner. And immediately after dinner, she disappeared once again to her bedroom, where she is currently sleeping soundly. She didn't even stay long enough to keep me company while I cleared the table, which as I've mentioned before, she usually enjoys.

When awake she seems to feel fine and have a healthy appetite, but she has not really interacted with us at all today outside of mealtimes. I am hoping that everything is okay.

(7:40 pm Dee Dee woke up to use the restroom. When she returned to her room, I went to check on her and ask her if she was okay. Clearly thinking it was morning, she told me that she went out but didn't see anyone else awake, so thought it was too early to get up. When I mentioned that she had been sleeping a lot and asked her if she was feeling okay, she explained that she was just tired because she had been up so late dying Easter eggs. When Audrey heard this reply, she sat processing for a few seconds, then said to me privately, "I think she's confused again.")

2 comments:

  1. I hope she's doing okay. It's 9:00 now and she just woke up again wanting to eat.

    It's been interesting to watch the kids figure out the level of dementia that Dee Dee has. Some things can be believed, some don't make sense, etc. I'm impressed that Audrey knows at age 7 that arguing with Dee Dee about Easter eggs is not the right way to go.

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  2. Please keep me posted on how she is doing. If she gets worse, I'm on the first plane there.
    You can call me anytime. I don't care how late it is.
    I love you guys!!!

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