trip away
A page in the diary "what stage are we at now"
Written by laurel Wednesday, 22 April 2009 02:49
Since last year I have been trying to go to Qld to see my older daughter and grandkids, as well as my sister and nieces.
I had to force Lawrie to go he kept on putting it off. Then I said I would go without him,so he finally agreed.
We drove up with me doing most of the driving, Lawrie has done this trip numerous times for me it was the first. I allowed Lawrie to give me directions, my sister rang to check how we were going and where we were. It turned out that we were going the wrong way and had missed our turn off. So we pulled over for the night, Lawrie asked numerous people for directions and then would have them repeat it to me as he could not remember what they had said. I was totally confused and lucky have a gps in my phone which gave me the directions. When we finally got on the right road I let Lawrie do some driving, he changed his glasses to sunglasses that he had not worn for years. It was not until night time that he realised that he had no idea where he had put his glasses.
while in Qld I found Lawrie was unable to communicate like he normally would and just stayed in the back ground like a shadow, even if we tried to get him involved. He only felt safe communcating with the grandkids.
At my sisters house he could not talk to her at all and then explained to my brother inlaw that he has dementia and finds it hard sometimes.
I find he sleeps a lot if he does too much the day before. You can be watching Tv and next thing he is asleep. If I wake him I get told off so now I leave him.
Next time I go to Qld I will be flying up and renting a car. The trip was good but could not stay long as Lawrie was anxious to get home.
Just sharing bye for now Laure