Being a Caregiver

is tough. When one emergency is averted, another rears its ugly head. At Raj's recent neurologist visit, he tested well on memory; He's also memorized the answers to the questions they use over & over, so at least he has that ability. Cognitively, he's so SSSSSSSSLLLLLLOOOOWWWW; It's hard to carry on a conversation, because he can only focus for short periods of time. Recently, when he wasn't able to subtract 7 from 93, he asked if that's why he's not at work, then immediately diverted attention to the next shiny object. He can only perform one-step directions, coughing has gotten worse again, tremors more disruptive (e.g. spilled syrup at brunch, unable to steady it), and confusion is more frequent. Then today I found out the facility that I'd kept in mind for him, long-term, probably won't be a good fit. Discouraging, because it took almost a year for me to find THAT one! I've also just been assigned to the 3rd Resource Manager at Raj's employer, who might be handling his leave of absence/disability differently (um, in a bad way).