Well Saturday Charlie was able to complete a 4 mile walk which is fantastic! He walked in the Hyde Park Blast with Mama and it only took about an hour and twenty minutes. He didn't seem okay at the end of the race but after some gatorade, a banana, and sitting down a couple minutes he was just fine. It is a great accomplishment and something we were all skeptical about but he did great!
He is still getting physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy every week along with a nurse who comes out to the house to check on him. Also he will be starting at Elder Mount (adult day care) on the 6th so that should help him to be more active and get him doing things besides sitting on the couch and falling asleep all day.
Understanding directions is getting a bit harder. We went to a movie and when Mama was trying to get him into our row he kept going into a different row and sitting down in a seat there. They ended up sitting there because Charlie couldn't understand to get up and move back a row. Also when they went to a Reds game and were walking up the steps to their seats Charlie ended up sitting down on the steps and wouldn't get up to keep going up the stairs. They spoke to someone and found other seats to sit in. Everything now has to be repeated several times before it clicks in his head as to what to do but we're getting used to it.
Friends and family have been a great help and we are so thankful for that.
All for now,
Kels
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
June 8, 2010
Hey all, Mama has been talking to some people about plans for next year for Charlie when she goes back to work. She spoke with a woman about this day care sorta place called Elder Mount. Its day care for adults pretty much. It would be a place for Charlie to go while she goes to work. They have a lot of activities for him and it would be so much better than sitting in front of the t.v. (not watching it) all day. They have field trips and everything. It sounds like a great place. Mama and Charlie will be checking it out on Friday to see what they think.
We also are looking at a different neurologist to see if he can explain anything about what it happening with Charlie. It seems as though it is more than just Alzheimer's that he is going through. There are symptoms that we haven't ever read about and when Mama talked to the director of the Alzheimer's Association she said she had never seen them before in Alzheimer's patients either. We don't think that anything can really be done about it but it would be nice to understand more about what it happening. He is no longer on any kind of Alzheimer's medication before frankly it wasn't doing a darn thing.
All for now,
Kels
We also are looking at a different neurologist to see if he can explain anything about what it happening with Charlie. It seems as though it is more than just Alzheimer's that he is going through. There are symptoms that we haven't ever read about and when Mama talked to the director of the Alzheimer's Association she said she had never seen them before in Alzheimer's patients either. We don't think that anything can really be done about it but it would be nice to understand more about what it happening. He is no longer on any kind of Alzheimer's medication before frankly it wasn't doing a darn thing.
All for now,
Kels
Saturday, June 5, 2010
June 5, 2010
Well the first big vacation since Florida was this past week. Mama and Charlie went to the Grand Canyon with another couple who are amazing at helping out with anything we need. Leaving town seems to be getting harder and harder to do. Charlie is very used to his schedule and when it gets thrown off its pretty bad. I can't say exactly what happened on vaca because I didn't go but when they came back last night Charlie was more disoriented than I had ever seen him. Now part of that could have been because they had to wait around at the airport hours longer than they should have. Either way, Charlie wasn't doing well last night. His eyes seemed kinda glazed over. He couldn't tell what was going on. Its hard to tell whether he knew he was home or not. Hopefully things will go back to normal now that they are home and back on schedule.
Along with that Charlie had started leaning slightly. He just kinda slants to the left while he is sitting and a little while standing. So he doesn't use his left hand for anything anymore and now he is leaning that way. It seems as though it would be from a stroke but nothing showed up on the MRI so we don't really know. His short term memory was definitely effected by the trip. He just woke up not to long ago and asked where Mama is. I told him at the grocery store and about three minutes later we had the same conversation. So it just seems like vacations are overload on his brain. Thats all for now.
Kels
Along with that Charlie had started leaning slightly. He just kinda slants to the left while he is sitting and a little while standing. So he doesn't use his left hand for anything anymore and now he is leaning that way. It seems as though it would be from a stroke but nothing showed up on the MRI so we don't really know. His short term memory was definitely effected by the trip. He just woke up not to long ago and asked where Mama is. I told him at the grocery store and about three minutes later we had the same conversation. So it just seems like vacations are overload on his brain. Thats all for now.
Kels
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