Avoiding Caregiver Sleep Depravation

For the past three nights I have been up somewhere between 2:30 and 4:00 AM attending to Gladys.  She is having trouble lifting her arms and has not been able to adjust her clothing very well.  As a result she wets her gown when she goes to the bathroom during the night.

Tuesday and Wednesday night I was able to go back to sleep for a little while but last night I couldn’t, so I got up and worked on my new blog, www.YourMinistryHelper.com. I know, that’s a shameless plug but what do you expect from someone who is sleep deprived?

Fortunately, or unfortunately, I am only working two days a week now so I am off today and can probably catch a nap after Fred takes Gladys to day care.  Otherwise I would have to go to work to get some rest .

Sometime today I am going shopping to see if I can find some night shirts that are kind of short to see if that will help. I hate to shop anywhere near the Christmas season, so that will be a traumatic experience.  I called Nikki yesterday about this and she said putting pajamas on Gladys is worse than the gowns.

Wait, I think I just had an epiphany – since I like to sleep in pajama bottoms and a tank top, I’ll just put Gladys in the pajama tops.

Wow, you guys are a great support group! Thanks!

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