Re: Is this normal for LBD?

[Guest guest]

Imogene, i remember posting something about this when my granda was in the NH.

The cot he was in would move almost from side to side and even if i clung to it

to try to lesten the effect my granda's tremors were so bad that it would still

move about. Of course the other side was that with things like his feet moving

up and down he also ended up with sores on his feet even though we'd bought

protective socks, they would just slip right off.

.xx

Is this normal for LBD?

My Gentleman love, was not always under sedation of course, when in the

hospital.

I sat and watched him for hours while he slept.

He jerked hard, and worked his hands almost constantly, as if he was doing

something with them. I've seen the hand activity years ago, but this jerking

so hard

I have not seen.

He was confused a lot in the hospital. He called me two nights, Totally lost

and afraid, but today when he was supposed to call after the Doctor saw him,

he didn't. A half hour later I called him. He said he couldn't remember our

number, and couldn't make the phone work, and I hadn't left him any phone #

or addresses. Well, they were all on a pad right beside him, but when he was

alone, he couldn't function. His room was empty, no other people, and he went

into a panic. He saw a cat in the vent last night, and kept staring at it. I

told him I would make the cat go away, and he should close his eyes when I

did.

I just wondered if his whole body jerking hard like he did many times is

normal for LBD? It nearly made him bounce out of bed it was so hard.

Imogene

Caregiver for my True Texas Gentleman husband of 35 years. He has LBD with

Parkinsonism.