by smiddy3 21 Replies latest jw friends
Thank`s Friends, my wife is now at home with us, my son and DIL also live with us ,which is a great help. She still has some periods of tiredness and vagueness which is undestandable but it has been a big improvement now that she is home ,
The big challeng for me now is to get her to do her exercises as I know how important that is for her recovery. She can be a bit stubborn and pig headed when she wants to be
Glad to hear that she is home and beginning her recovery, Smiddy. Sadly, I have no advice on the exercise- I had the same issue with my mother and I never could get her to do them when she didn't want to.
Sorry to hear of your predicament @Smiddy3,
.....delirium is so frustrating and mentally exhausting when a loved one is affected by it, to be sure.
I'm very late to the discussion, but I am glad to hear your wife is in the recovery stage at home.... however, I will comment for the benefit of the group if you'd like to hear of my family's experience with delirium.
Ray,
Feel free to share and thank you.
My JW father ( in his late 70's ) suffered from delirium, and was hospitalised for 5 months in 2018.
This is what I recall of our family experience here in Australia:
In early December 2017, Dad was told he would be having an operation in mid-late January 2018 to replace a leaky heart valve.
( unbeknownst to people who were there )
gone into a state of delirium at my parents home in Victoria, I was able to hear what was transpiring via phone link to me in New South Wales with JW family who were in attendance... he was making all kinds of accusations ( I won't go into detail here ) about some people, including my siblings and Elders at the hall..... a local congregation Elder had come to Dads house and was in the process of getting into a heated argument with my father....
....I told my siblings to " get the fucking Elder away from dad, and call an ambulance " I could hear there was something really wrong with Dad's brain function happening.... emergency services were called and they called police to assist.
Not sure what is happening to my replies?
It`s about time i up dated this thread
.My wife has completely recovered from the set back she experienced after her hip op. and the effects she had after it.
I`m sorry I havent posted this sooner,but thank you all for your concern and support .
smiddy3
Hi Smiddy, sorry I missed this thread earlier. I am glad that your wife is better now. It is frightening experience for the loved ones looking on.
I had a similar experience a few years back . I broke my hip and after the op I went into postoperative dementia. I don’t remember much about it but I was not at all “ with it” . After a few days or week or so ( I’m not sure) I came round but it took some while to get really back to normal mentally.
So, I’m glad your ordeal is over and I wish you both all the best.
