Tough Morning

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Good Morning, This morning has been tough, really tough. I was the aid on duty for Dick last night, he had a rough night with a lot of coughing. This morning his blood pressure was high which not too unusual. But Dick had such a sad look in his eyes. I asked him what was going on and he told me that he didn't want to go on like this anymore. I asked him what he meant, he did not want to going on living, which he has expressed on other occasions. I then tried to point out all the good things in his life, but do you know what, I understand where is is coming from. if I were to put myself in his shoes would I feel any different? How difficult would it be to have the same routine everyday in the same place? Yes, we do try to shake it up a bit, but I don't know that we are doing enough. How do you keep someone happy that can do nothing for themselves? I am not sure how to change things for him or to make his life any better, I do know that I am going to try to keep an up-beat attitude around him and I am asking his other four nurses to keep up the cheery, put a smile on your face, and try to keep him interacting. The confusion in his brain has him so frustrated, he is having a very difficult time keeping days and people straight in his mind, he just doesn't want to do it anymore!! What do we have in life if we can not participate and contribute to the world on a daily basis??

I am struggling with this because I can not even keep myself in a good place very often. How do I keep him in a upbeat place when I struggle with the same thing? I will be praying on this today. I am also going to pray that the sun will come out and shine down on us, Lord help us on this difficult day!

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