I haven't written in a while because, well, because I guess I'm not in the routine of writing in a blog yet. "They" say that it takes 21 days of doing something consecutively to make it a part of your routine. I'm not even close yet.
We've had some truly interesting developments. The "sundowning" seems to have subsided somewhat and is not so pronounced in the late afternoons as it used to be. However, Blanche is giving Tracy a harder time with each passing day. Saturday's argument once again centered around showering and it took Tracy a full three hours of arguing to get her mother into the shower! Not an easy task considering Tracy had hours and hours of work to do over the weekend to prepare for a Monday morning meeting.
Blanche has also started just saying words that don't mean anything - either when she tries to put them into a sentence or just speak them individually. I'll try to listen closer and give you an example the next time I blog in.
I did discover an interesting thing. I put up a sign on the doors leading into our house from Blanche's apartment. The sign used to say: "JoAnn is working today. Please do not disturb until after 5:30. Thanks." Now the sign says: "Blanche - I am working today. Please do not bang on the door until after 5:30. Thanks. JoAnn."
The first day I put that new sign up, Blanche did not bang on the door once! She tried to push her way through the door at least a dozen times after her caregiver left at 2 p.m., but she did not bang on the door at all! Go figure. Maybe if I combine the "do not bang" part with the "do not disturb" part, she'll simply read the sign and go back to her apartment. We'll see. I'll keep you posted.
Until next time...JoAnn
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