So apparently Dad has become a very anxious ball of yarn! Today Mom took Crowja in to be groomed and all day Dad worried about Crowja. He wanted to know why it was taking so long, why the person hadn't called, if he was done yet, was anxious that my mom wasn't checking on him, wanted to go get him, got mad at Mom for talking on the phone when she should be checking on Crowja, etc... Wow, I hope this is only a faze. Dad was really ornery with Mom today too.
I stopped by to bring Mom and Dad some dinner and Dad seemed normal. Dad was sitting on the couch watching basketball. Dad has become slightly demanding. When he wants something he doesn't say "oh, I was wondering if you could get me..." Dad says "I need some of this..." Part of me has to smile because before Dad hit his head he would always say "someone needs to get up and get me a..." Most of the time we would tell him to get it himself, sometimes when we were feeling generous or already up we would get it for him. So part of me is wondering if Dad is taking advantage of knowing we will wait on him! The reason being is because Dad wanted some hot cocoa and told me to get him some. I said that Mom didn't have any. I didn't know or not I just didn't want to get him any hot cocoa at the moment! I know I'm mean. Well, about 20 min later I guess Dad still wanted that cocoa so he got up, went to the pantry, and found the hot cocoa mix. I came down from the loft and found Dad in the pantry with the cocoa mix. So I told him to go sit down and I would finish making it for him. So I made it but not too hot because I didn't want him to drop it or burn himself. Well, I took him the cocoa and he sipped it and said "no this is not hot enough, go warm it up!" Picky, Picky. So of course I fixed it and made it hot.
Now I think most of it is due to his brain injury, but I think shortly here we will need to start teaching Dad how to do a few things on his own! I guess Mom had to take the phone away from Dad because he started calling everyone in his address book inviting them to come over for a visit! Then tonight he was asking if my girls wanted to have a sleep over. I felt heartbroken over this because I wish they could stay with Gwanpa.
It's hard to keep Dad entertained right now. Oh, and if any of you want to visit Dad or just want an update, send all e-mail to Jimsrecovery@gmail.com. I'm going to start taking care of all of Dad's correspondences. Mom is having a hard time getting through all of her e-mails. She will forward e-mails to me and I will answer your e-mails as soon as I can. Thanks so much.
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poor thing... sounds like he might get BORED! I did know a guy who had brain trauma before. He also went through a phaze of "demanding"... perhaps Jim was so frustrated before when he couldn't say what he wants (right after the fall), now that he CAN he doesn't sugar coat it. :)
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