Missing Hubby Causes Sleep Deprivation

I am so glad hubby is back home from his business trip. I cannot sleep when he is away. I wonder if he has difficulty sleeping when I am away. Probably not! But after sleeping with someone for twenty-five years, you establish a pattern. But now that he is home, I have some sleep to catch up on. What about you? If you are married or live with someone, do you sleep well when he or she is gone?

I am a little crazy here today. Dad’s common law wife called to say that he is not sleeping well. Mostly, he sits in bed and wakes her through the night saying he is seeing things in the corner and stuff like that. It just started last Tuesday. He has been extremely healthy. But I am worried because his dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer in his seventies and now his oldest sister is in a nursing home suffering from the same thing. Dad turned 75 on January 31st. I talked to him for 35 minutes yesterday and there were no indications that something was wrong. But Kat said that it happens at night. I pray that his seeing things have to do with him being sleep deprived. I am not ready for this. I know he’s not.

I was in high school when my grand dad was diagnosed. But I remember how hard it was on my dad. Prior to putting his dad into a nursing home, dad had to get up in the middle of the night searching for his father because he formed a bad habit of walking away and getting lost and not remembering. Darn, Darn, Darn, I am not ready for this. I know Dad’s not either. Pray for him.