Life with Dad

Caring for someone with dementia, you have to laugh to keep from crying.

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Location: Texas

This blog is a reflection on being a member of the "sandwich generation". We are those sandwiched between aging parents who need care and/or help and their own children. After an extensive remodel of our house, we moved my parents in with us. Dad has Alzheimer’s, which adds complications to the situation.

Monday, October 11, 2004

Nose Bleeds

Dad has always had allergies. They make his nose itch and get stopped up. For the past 10 years or so, he will periodically dig in his nose until he makes it bleed. Then, he won't pinch his nose to make it stop. Even worse, when a clot does form, he doesn't like the feel of it, picks it off, and starts the nose bleed up again. At least this time he didn't try to demand that we take him to the emergency room.

Spit score


Draw--Dad *tried* to spit in the trashcan and almost made it. When my husband picked up the trash can to empty it...

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