If you’ve ever had a spouse or anybody else who sleepwalks, then you’ve got a pretty good idea of what we’re going through, except that Angelique is not going to awaken from her sleep. She now needs help with all tasks that require motor skills. The clinical restlessness has gotten bad again the evening. We (Danielle & I) tried to get her to watch a movie. She asked for something “Christmassy” and requested I put a pair of Christmas socks on her feet. She sat still for the movie in 5-minute spurts. She was constantly up to make imaginary trips to the store, or rifle her drawers looking for some non-specific item.
Even though she’s sleeping now, I’ve talked to the hospice nurses so that I have a plan in place if she awakens and wants to do something weird, or dangerous to herself. She has taken to gravitating toward fire, knives, glass; almost anything that scares the shit out of me. But if you know Angelique, that’s soooo her!
I was talking to our old friend, Tracy Head today. We laughed together about the time a couple of year ago when we were in Austin for a Texas football game. We had a tailgate party in the garage adjacent to Scholz Beer Garden. Needless to say, Angelique was ready to party like a jackass, and party like a jackass she did.
There was a downspout on the side of Scholz’s wall. We were on the ground floor and there were some other revelers on the second floor of the same garage, right above us. She got it in her head to climb the downspout up to the second floor just to see what they had going on up there. Like Spiderwoman, she latched onto the downspout, and with cowboy boots on, shimmied up the damn thing. Oh, I was pissed. I could just picture us in the emergency room trying to explain why she did such a damn fool thing. Tracy and I decided that anyone sober would have never made it up there. Probably true; anyway that’s our story and we’re sticking to it.
Thanks for caring. Stay tuned.
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My prayers are with you all at this time. If I can help in any way I would be more than happy to. I am an old, old friend from the St. Pius/Pasadena High School days and half of my memories growing up include Angelique. She was my best friend for years and some of our stories are similiar to the one of your recent blog. Again, let me know if there is anything at all that I can do.
ReplyDeleteJackie Buchanan (show.jackie@yahoo.com) 281-507-5387
I can still picture this in my head like it was yesterday! I was cheering for her all the way up that poll....well it wasn't really a poll...don't get the wrong idea! Chris had a better term for it. Angelique, crazy ass, made it all the way up! WHOO HOO....YOU GO LULU! I LOVE YOU!!!
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Chris...this reminds me of the 5th grade teacher's Christmas party we had at my house...I think it was 2003...Angelique (as did the rest of us)enjoyed our wine for the evening. She began talking about you and her dancing in your living room and you dipping her...something happened with that dip and she ended up on the edge of the piano bench...she INSISTED on showing us her bruise...so what did she do...dropped them to the floor...I will never forget the look on Mike's face...LOL...I love her zest for life and the memories we were blessed to have made...Tracy, do you remember that??? We would get crazy when too many of us "wild ones" would get together at one time.
ReplyDeleteYou know you have to be good friends when you can put a Longhorn and a Sooner fan in the same room and still have a good time!!! Hang in there...we love you LuLu.