Little yellow orbs of happiness. #yellow #lantern #light #solar #power #dusk
- 8th May
2013 - 08
- 9th April
2013 - 09
Back from hiatus…
I’ve been on hiatus for a while. I found that I needed to take a break and thus withdrew for a while… dad seemed to have settled into the new care facility well and for the first time in the last couple of years, I felt less guilt in wanting to step away from it. It’s more to do with his physical health degenerating now, which I’ve found in some ways harder to process and deal with.
With dad having issues associated with congestive heart failure, it has been a bit easier for the nursing staff to understand and empathize with his difficulties in feeling well, and thus having great mood swings. His heart is getting weaker bit by bit… Hands and feet get colder often, he struggles with anything more than a short stroll, water retention is an issue for extremities as well. Due to these, he is weaker overall and less stable, and often has him just wanting to sit on the ground as his strength gives out…
Its been a week since Dad was put into a wheelchair for most parts of a day. No more phone calls to report an ‘unwitnessed fall’.
It feels odd, at times I feel a slight guilt, though I know it was the necessary step to take. Its not easy having the reaponsibility to sign away a parent’s right to be, the seemingly one last bit of their freedom. But he is safe and my moments of worries for his well being have been drastically reduced. It was upto 3-4 times a week. Never knowing when it would be the call that he’s hurt himself badly from a fall.
Thank you allowing me to share with you. It’s always cathartic for me to write here, once I can reach into my writing frame of mind… it’s an ebb and flow sort of thing. For those of you that follow along because you have chosen to take on the challenge of being there physically and mentally for your loved one, I hope all has been well, and that you are getting the support you need in this journey. Kai xo
- 23rd December
2012 - 23
The heart aches…
After many months, on and off, if not over a year in length, the challenge to get my dad’s medical conditions addressed has finally found some results. The recent tests has my father diagnosed with Congestive heart failure. Its a relief to know what he has been suffering with, and that he will be taken better care of and more appropriately. On the flip side I’m saddened by the outlook, another wave of grief has hit. It’s a bitter sweet discovery.
- 29th October
2012 - 29
A two man room. Luckily my dad’s roommate doesn’t care to hang out in the room, where as my dad likes his privite time. #win-win #Alzheimers
- 22nd October
2012 - 22
Italian sausage & Kale stew… it also has potatoes, onions, and garlic. Gotta love fall :)
- 22nd October
2012 - 22
#natto not sure I’m going to like this or not… #prepack #Japanese #fermented #soybean #food #igersvancouver (at Dash of food)
- 9th October
2012 - 09
My dad likeing his Super tee I got him. Trying to injeat fun and colour into his jumbled up world :) he’s got a slight smirk from my trying to teach hI’m a villainous laught… mwahahahaaa ;) (Taken with Instagram)
- 30th August
2012 - 30
Morning break (Taken with Instagram at Sunset Beach)
