Barbie
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- Joined
- Dec 29, 2007
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- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 01/2007
- Country
- US
- State
- FL
- City
- orlando
I am nervous this evening and just wanted to talk to someone. my husband is having a hard day. poor guy caught my cold/flu last week. It felt like the flu but it only lasted 4 days. He came down with it on Saturday, and felt really bad for about 4 days too. no fever or chills thank goodness. So weird to hear him try to sneeze--he has no power so it was like a growl. couldn't blow his nose so that was tough too. He seemed better and we actually had friends over on new year's eve and went to a movie on new years day.
then today we get up and I get ready for work. Our normal routine is I get ready then I get him out of bed about 8:30 and we sit and drink coffee and chat until the CNA arrives at 9:30. He got up, but he sat in his chair with his eyes closed and said he felt groggy and tired. I left after the CNA arrived. She called me about 1 pm and said that he had been coughing all day which is not normal, and he did not want lunch and was still very tired. Usually he takes a nap when my kids come home -around 4 pm until I get home from work at 6. I suggested she try to convince him to lay down since my son was home today and she would be leaving soon. I figured he would say no, which is what usually he says when I suggest a nap. she told me he had already said he needed to lay down! that has never happen. And, he asked me to come home early from work.
So I come home a couple hours later and he gets up and says he feels better but has no appetite. I make an early dinner and have to insist he eat. then he wants to watch tv, and I see he has his eyes closed. at 7, he says he wants to lay down on the couch. I got him all cozy on the couch, and he falls asleep again.he still isn't up and it is 9. this NEVER happens!
hopefully this is just the end of the virus taking one last kick at him and not the start of another down turn. --:|
then today we get up and I get ready for work. Our normal routine is I get ready then I get him out of bed about 8:30 and we sit and drink coffee and chat until the CNA arrives at 9:30. He got up, but he sat in his chair with his eyes closed and said he felt groggy and tired. I left after the CNA arrived. She called me about 1 pm and said that he had been coughing all day which is not normal, and he did not want lunch and was still very tired. Usually he takes a nap when my kids come home -around 4 pm until I get home from work at 6. I suggested she try to convince him to lay down since my son was home today and she would be leaving soon. I figured he would say no, which is what usually he says when I suggest a nap. she told me he had already said he needed to lay down! that has never happen. And, he asked me to come home early from work.
So I come home a couple hours later and he gets up and says he feels better but has no appetite. I make an early dinner and have to insist he eat. then he wants to watch tv, and I see he has his eyes closed. at 7, he says he wants to lay down on the couch. I got him all cozy on the couch, and he falls asleep again.he still isn't up and it is 9. this NEVER happens!
hopefully this is just the end of the virus taking one last kick at him and not the start of another down turn. --:|