I should of known it was too good to be true. DH had been pretty stable for awhile. He has had some small changes in behaviors but nothing big. I bought tickets to take DH and my 3 year old granddaughter to see The Lion King Saturday night. My DGD enjoyed it more than my husband. We were 7 rows up from the stage in the center on the isle. As soon as the show was over, I got DH and DGH ready to go so we could beat the crowd. He wouldn't budge. He was looking for something he lost. Mind you, he had his coat and he didn't lose anything. It took 4-5 minutes to get him out of the theater. I told him that I checked his seat, Hannah's seat, and my seat plus the floor and didn't find it, whatever it was. He literaly ran back into the theater when folks were starting to come out. Any idea what it is like to run with a 3 year old against the crowd. Thank God that I did. If I didn't, I am 100% confident that I would of lost him. When I got into the theater, he was going the wrong way. I screamed at him to stop and he did. By the grace of God, he went with me and we were able to leave the theater. Obviously, he was quite ancious the entire way home. When we got home he said he found it. It turned out to be a patch on his jacket that was sewn on by machine.
We get through Saturday and it started on Sunday. I expected it, it was my grandson's 2nd birthday. My SIL has a 16 year old son from a 1st marriage. DH did not recognize him at all and asked multiple times who he was. After a few hours, we had to leave. He was getting angry at how my DGS was playing with the present we got him.
Come Monday, he called me at work thinking I wasn't coming home. He was panicked again. Same thing happened today. He has helped me put the dishes away and tonight I have to show him what a refrigerator is and where to put things away. I guess this means we are in the start of another down turn.
Diane, sorry your weekend was so hectic. sometimes there are days they just do worse than others. ups/downs should be expected. maybe next time if you could find someone to sit with him while you take GD to an event or out for a twosome- we all know they just seem to be more comfortable in home and familiar surroundings..makes it tuff to make plans these days. maybe he will be less anxious in the days to come and settle down some. my best, divvi
Diane, I am so sorry. I think that these "whammies" are worse to deal with than if they acted that way all the time. We tend to get comfortable and let our guard down when they have good times and then when the rug gets pulled out from under us it make the fall the more harder!!!!!!!!!
Yep - smacks me right between the eyes.........and I was thinking that things are so much better. Lulled into a place that isn't real. It is so easy to forget how ugly it is, I guess because we don't want it to come back.