Today was quiet, forgot to write yesterday that the doctor started CP on a new medicine. This medicine is taken at bedtime and will help him sleep through the night and is also an anti-depressant. I will be talking to the doctor on Monday to see if there is any change. This came about because we talked about CP's withdrawl from interaction, and refusal to socialize. When we invite him to have dinner upstairs with us he refuses. He says that he is a burden and doesn't want to intrude on our time. We have assured him that we want to spend time with him. But, we always have to go down to his room to spend time with him. Dr. N said that this is depression that is typical with Alzheimer's and that is why he started the new meds.
CP slept all night last night, and he most of the day. This is not unusual, this is becoming the "norm". This evening we convinced him to come upstairs for dinner with us, it will have to be the last time. From now on we will have to start going down to have dinner in his room. He cannot negotiate the stairs at all. He got angry when Reid said that we would just come down. He is upset that his body is no longer cooperating with him. Another option, which we all think is a nice one, is for us to eat on the patio. CP likes it when we do that.
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