For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law. When I was my father's son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, He also taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words Keep my commands, and live. Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. Proverbs 4:2-5
As I was typing these blog posts ahead and schedule to post at another time, I couldn't keep my mind from thinking about how sunken my dad's cheeks were when we went to see him last Thursday. He had weighed 132 pounds which was devastating to me. Then the next couple of times they weighed Dad, they said he weighed 148.
Some time before that, a nurse told me that sometimes the weight recorded is skewed, because they weigh him in his wheelchair and forget to take off the amount that his leg supports weigh. I knew it was too good to be true, but I didn't want to know the answer.
Anyway, I was thinking about how sunken in my dad's cheeks were on Thursday and debated calling the Veteran's Home to find out his current weight, but I didn't want to know the answer. After much nudging from God on my heart, I finally called. I was told my dad now weighs 129.8 ponds. It's gone past the 130 mark which already seemed terrible. I've got to focus on how much I enjoy spending time with my dad and how blessed I've been to have all this time with him, rather than focusing on what lies ahead.
Caregiver Guilt- Memory and Alzheimer's Disease
By: Peter Rabins, Johns Hopkins Medicine via You Tube
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