ok, so here is the blurb for the day. With all the possibilities of struggles I could be having with an invalid husband, my greatest one today had been just getting him to drink water. I have not been able to understand his sudden aversion to a liquid that before he was very adamant about.
We both know the importance of drinking plenty of pure water in order to keep our systems at their optimal level. For Jeff right now, it is pretty critical that he drinks plenty of water, but he has become downright stubborn about it. He told me it doesn't have any taste, so I put some lemon in it. Then he went through a whole routine of pretending he had drunk the water I gave him, when in fact he had not even touched it. We even went on an adventure today to Sonic so that he could have a fresh lime, which he barely touched. I have threatened him that if he doesn't drink more, he will end up back in the hospital with dehydration, but that didn't seem to phase him.
Now you have to understand, Jeff and I have never been ones to argue, and especially now, it is rather pointless to try to have this discussion with him. But it seems like the more I press about him drinking more water, the more he resists it. He has even gone to the point of trying to swallow his pills dry.
Tonight as I put him in bed, I begged him to please drink more water tomorrow. He finally fessed up that the reason he didn't want to drink water is because it makes him pee, and he knows it is hard on my back to take him to the bathroom. In his mind, not drinking water is his way of easing my burdens.
I told him I appreciated his sweet gesture, but tomorrow...HE WILL DRINK MORE WATER.
I will report on how we do.
So here is my thought for the night....When you are in the act of doing something kind for another person...check with them first to make sure that what you are doing is really kind for them....
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