barneyswife
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2014
- Messages
- 224
- Reason
- CALS
- Diagnosis
- 08/2013
- Country
- CA
- State
- b.c.
- City
- magna bay
Yesterday started out as the day from HELL!
Bipap, mucus secretion machine and cough assist machines were all arriving, and my Barney was in a major dither. Throwing things, pushing at me and trying to write something down, just could not figure what he was trying to tell me. It took me a good half hour to figure it out. He was scared and of course his performance was scaring me!
Friends and family arrived to learn all of the ins and outs of this new equipment and it worked out well, amazingly simple.
My fear was that after he would not use it and display it along with the lite writer for show and tell. (This still may be the case) Our nephew set him up on the chesterfield and I whispered in his ear that this would turn him back into the lover he used to be. Bingo, those were the words he needed to hear. Within 10 minutes he was fast asleep. Last night I set him up in bed he put on his mask, I turned on the machine and he slept with it for approximately 4 hours! Crossing my fingers for today?
Totally made a batch of lemonade!
Hugs All
Linda
Bipap, mucus secretion machine and cough assist machines were all arriving, and my Barney was in a major dither. Throwing things, pushing at me and trying to write something down, just could not figure what he was trying to tell me. It took me a good half hour to figure it out. He was scared and of course his performance was scaring me!
Friends and family arrived to learn all of the ins and outs of this new equipment and it worked out well, amazingly simple.
My fear was that after he would not use it and display it along with the lite writer for show and tell. (This still may be the case) Our nephew set him up on the chesterfield and I whispered in his ear that this would turn him back into the lover he used to be. Bingo, those were the words he needed to hear. Within 10 minutes he was fast asleep. Last night I set him up in bed he put on his mask, I turned on the machine and he slept with it for approximately 4 hours! Crossing my fingers for today?
Totally made a batch of lemonade!
Hugs All
Linda