Mom got up this morning. As usual I gave her breakfast and meds. She came to me and said she couldn't eat anymore because there are other dogs here and are making fun of her dog so she needs to take her upstairs to home. I reassured her the other dog isn't making fun of Chica they are just playing. It was set in her mind so Chica went back to her room with her. Than she commented on my husbands broken knee and at least hers worked. (I need to explain something she uses a walker and somedays she does fine without it but when she hasn't had sleep my husband asks her to use it because he doesn't want her to fall and hurt herself.) I was confused than realized she was talking about him bouncing his knee. She said at least my legs work and don't bounce (nd she showed the movement of his knee going up and down.
After today, I have figured out that my husband is a threat to her attention. See I was married to someone very much like my mother in personality and he died at 46 from alcohol abuse. I have only been blessed with my new husband for a year. With my first husband I was always right there for her. When my father died in 2002 I kept her from killing herself and I've protected her from than on out. Now I have someone who really wants to please me and love me and she hates it. My emotions are spread more towards my husband than her and she hates him for that I think.
Anyway the day sucked. She harly ate anything for breakfast so I gave her her lunch early. She ate the broth out of the soup and that was it. I had to work tonite so I made a meatloaf and laid down for a half hour before it was done. My husband would not let her bother me, but than he said I'm going to get her up and we will have dinner now. Mom got her dog and went into her room and laid down. She was mad because I was going to work and can't understand why she can't go with me.
Even though she has dementia she has still to lose the buttons that she can push. We were always oil and water mixing. I have grown though and just know it's how she is and can deal with it or ignore certain things more like it. Well let's see what tomorrow brings.