On Tuesday 20th November my husband who has dementia & Parkinsons went to a day centre and spoke to a man who shared my husbands interest of motorcycling. He had his dinner, with a little help at the end of the day, put his coat on and walked out to the car.
On Wednesday evening 21st November after tea, lapsed into sleep and could not be roused to walk up the stairs to bed. We presumed as this had happened a couple of times before, that it was a water infection. As it was late at night, we got him to hospital and he had alot of tests and was kept in bed for 4 days till they got the results of the tests during which time he was unable to feed himself or hold a cup. In the space of a week he had lost everything he had. He is beginning to regain, walking with support and now and then holding a cup and responding when asked to do something. The hospital say he is physically strong. He has not had a stroke or anything and the hospital do not know how much he can regain. I find it astonishing how he can loose so much in so short a space of time.
On Wednesday evening 21st November after tea, lapsed into sleep and could not be roused to walk up the stairs to bed. We presumed as this had happened a couple of times before, that it was a water infection. As it was late at night, we got him to hospital and he had alot of tests and was kept in bed for 4 days till they got the results of the tests during which time he was unable to feed himself or hold a cup. In the space of a week he had lost everything he had. He is beginning to regain, walking with support and now and then holding a cup and responding when asked to do something. The hospital say he is physically strong. He has not had a stroke or anything and the hospital do not know how much he can regain. I find it astonishing how he can loose so much in so short a space of time.