Helping Those Who Care for Parkinson's Patients
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| For all the spouses that raised children with amazing partners....partners that now have PD.....doesn't it feel like we are raising young ones again? I catch myself sounding like I am scolding him for being sloppy. If he were going to be 8 next year I would expect more of him. Today, I know, sadly, to expect a little less every week. We are trying to do every possible thing we can while he still can...but I just about lost it when I heard him use spare keys and start up the 1960 Cadillac (the one he drove to his Prom). STOP I screamed. You do not drive any more. His coordination between brain and feet, means he can't take either of our classics out of the garage. And it angers him. And I wish I had the patience to just back it out myself, but my feet do not reach the brake or the gas. We put flowers on his Mother's grave this morning, and I notice he put sunglasses on when my 8 year old granddaughter and I were back in the car. Did not want her to see his tears. Bless him for remembering to honor her. |
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I came on to wish others a Happy Mother’s Day, then I read this. There is both sorrow and a touching love in your post. Hugs to you. Each day that goes by, I see Carl declining, but I also see a man trying to learn the guitar from YouTube videos, a man who struggles with Rock Steady Boxing, a man who always looks to the future, and I see the man in front of me who is aging with PD, but who never quits...the man I love who made me a Mom of four. I do hope everyone has a great day. Our “kids” live from one end of California to the other, so this yearI will enjoy the flowers while making a big lunch...which is fine...made everything we both love! Happy Mother’s Day! |
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| Very often I feel like the parent for both my parents now. Mom and dad both spill drips of coffee, yogurt, tea, hot chocolate, etc., on the kitchen carpet. Mom from the Parkinson's, dad just because he's sloppy. I bought a carpet shampooer a few years back--but moments after I shampoo, something ends up on the carpet again and I just have to take a breath and realize it still looks better than it did before I shampooed it. (I noticed coffee grounds on the carpet this morning--but instead of giving in to my frustration, I remembered Mom is using our Keurig single serve now. A few months ago, she couldn't concentrate well enough to remember the steps to use it. I'm trying to be grateful for that and not angry that a few of the grounds from the Keuric cup ended upon the freshly shampooed carpet.) |