Afterthought to the immediately previous post...
...before we hit Mom's 12 hour sleep mark:
    Something I've learned, gratefully, from all the caregiver stories with which I've become familiar: ...and, when you can no longer do it, you just don't.
    Funny thing is, regardless of how long you do it and whether you stop doing it, or stop doing parts of it, before your care recipient stops needing care, there's always someone standing in the wings questioning your motives, hoping to incite a little confusion and guilt about your choice(s). They needn't bother. We caregivers are perfectly capable of feeling guilty and confused on our own.
- posted by Gail Rae @ 13:55   email  this post