This post will be brief after an exhausting night.  We went to bed early last night as we were both very tired.  Before we turned in Maureen shared her fears that I would leave her because I would get fed with her always being tired and ill.  During the night she has been up three times frightened by things around her.

She shot out of bed around 11 pm frightened that she was late getting up.  When she went downstairs she saw a dog in the lounge and a man at our front door.  After further sleep she was out of bed again frightened that there was a cat in our bedroom.  A few hours later she was complaining that she was cold and had no clothes to wear.

We were drinking tea in bed an hour ago and she was talking about how she had lost her memory.  She shared, for the first time, that sometimes she didn’t know who I was and wondered if other people knew she had lost her memory.  I listened repeating my mantra: that her recovery from stroke is continuing and how her incredible efforts are making such a difference.

I am hoping that Maureen will be able to rest a little longer.  With luck she will remember two things I have suggested we try to do today:  set some flower seed and walk to nearby ‘Leading Labels’ where she might be able to choose some new clothes.

I am forwarding this post to our G P and my Admiral Nurse in preparation for our meeting on Friday..