For the past few days Craig has been more confused and delusional than usual. Yesterday was the worst. After a morning of grocery shopping we came home and I turned on a football game or two for him downstairs.
He's usually very content to hang out and watch sports. In fact, he LOVES to watch sports. However, yesterday was driving us both crazy. He was seeing a woman in the corner telling him things, he'd come upstairs about every 10 - 15 minutes (no exaggeration) and tell me he was going to bed now. It was 3:00pm. He knew both occurances weren't right and he kept apologizing when we talked about it. This went on ALL afternoon and into the evening. About 7:00pm I finally told him to just go to bed. I don't like him to go to bed too early, as he will get up too early.
About a half hour after he went to bed he got up and declared that someone was trying to shoot him. Obviously just a dream, we discussed it, he was sure it was real but also told me that he trusted me because I've always been straight with him.
I had just read an article where a nursing home had stumbled onto a solution to get dementia patients to go back to bed. They started giving them snacks when they got up. For some reason this works and they go back to bed. So I gave Craig a banana and he went back to bed.
This morning when he woke up, his first words were, "I feel much better today!" And the confusion seems to have subsided. He took a shower by himself, brushed his teeth and shaved. I dropped him off at his Brain Fitness Club at the Senior Center and asked him if he wanted me to walk him in. He said no, he'd be fine. Yesterday I would've had to have walked him in - he was completely lost yesterday.
Every day is different...we'll see what tomorrow brings.
Keep praying for him.
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