A New Normal
I am quickly navigating a new normal. Stephan went into the state veterans home last week. He is learning to adjust to the home and I am learning to live in a very quiet house. This time last week I had aides twelve hours a day, a bath aide three times a week, and a nurse twice a week coming to our house. This week it is just me and the dogs. Last week I couldn’t leave the house without telling the aide where I was going or arranging for someone to be here if I didn’t have an aide. This week I keep forgetting that I can just leave. Last week I was managing medications, making sure he was eating, helping the aides with transfers, making sure we had enough of everything, and keeping the aides and the nurse up to date on the latest symptoms. This week I am a little lost as I try to fill my time. I realized this week that I don’t like normal because it keeps changing. Just about the time I get used to our new normal, it changes again. I’ve done the research and I know that as the disease p...