A new LBDer

February 23, 2008

Jim is home for the weekend and he is recovering from the Bronchial Pneumonia

well. I will give him some

TLC before I send him back to the nh on Monday and hopefully, he will be even

more better by the time

he goes back. It is good to have him home. I missed him last weekend when we

were both sick, but I was

extremely thankful that I didn't have to take care of Jim while I was feeling so

sick too. It was good that

I could just take care of me. In years past, I don't know what I would have done

feeling that sick and having

to take care of Jim too. Feeling as I was, I would not have been able to take

care of Jim. It's a Godincidence

that things work out the way they do for sure.

This evening as I was walking out of the nursing home with Jim, the Director of

Nursing approached me with a lady

and introduced me. Her husband was recently dx w/LBD and since I have been

training the staff at the nh about

LBD for a few years and bringing awareness of the disease to the staff, she knew

I could help this lady.

I guess we are the only two whose LOs have a dx of LBD at the nh. I know there

are more at the nh with LBD that have not been dx. I recognize the symptoms.

I directed my new friend to the LBD.org site, so she can get information and

join an LBDgroup. She does not

have a computer, but her daughter does. Her husband was recently dx at a nearby

University, so they are already

off to a good start with a dx and some direction. She told me her husband had

been on Risperdol.(Not sure of spelling) Isn't that one of the medications that

has some negative side effects? Jim has never been on it, so I couldn't remember

the side effects. Hopefully, she joins a group or her daughter does, so they can

get all the answers.

It's nice to have a new LBD caregiver friend at the nh to connect with. I'm sure

she feels the same way.

Keeping LBD awareness on the move.......................Jan

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