teahcrew
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Story has been diagnosed with dementia a few weeks ago. Her classic symptoms were increased vocalizations (whining that would not stop unless I gave her a stuffie to hold in her mouth), the inability to feed herself (she rubbed her muzzle on the carpet until it was raw, her brain cueing her to do so instead of eat from her bowl), increased neediness for my company and small moments of confusion (getting trapped behind a rocker and not knowing to just back out), and a few accidents in the house
for the past few weeks she has actually been improving...eating some out of the bowl, no more confusion, no accidents in the house, less vocalizations, etc...
then last night she started barking at our door. It was open and I assumed she might have seen someone walk past, but thats even odd because she never barks at passerbyers. She asked to go out several times last night, many more than usual. When i woke up this morning, she was frantic...had to go...and on our way out the door I saw her accident she had sometime in the night...I made no comment....something is obviously going on and shaming her at this stage is NOT necessary....
she came back in and I ignored her while I cleaned up...while i didnt want to shame her I also didnt want to condone that behavior either...so I stayed neutral.
I have had to hand feed her...today she was not able to take from my hand and she rubbed the carpet again and while I got most of her food in her after being patient and coaxing, she didnt finish....
she has a different look in her eyes today..like...a blankness, but she is still in there..I can see her...she remains affectionate.
when her walker came to take her for a walk, she scattered...she did this yesterday too now that I think about it...he had to leave, she didnt want to go so badly....
I am assuming some days will be worse days than others...I had my hopes up that somehow it was getting better and would stay that way...
thats just not so....
I wonder if she was traumatized by the ambulance coming to take me to the ER when my back went out on Tuesday....she might have been exhibiting these symptoms since then but I was medicated and might not have picked up on them....
I just needed to say this all out loud...
my girl is slipping....
for the past few weeks she has actually been improving...eating some out of the bowl, no more confusion, no accidents in the house, less vocalizations, etc...
then last night she started barking at our door. It was open and I assumed she might have seen someone walk past, but thats even odd because she never barks at passerbyers. She asked to go out several times last night, many more than usual. When i woke up this morning, she was frantic...had to go...and on our way out the door I saw her accident she had sometime in the night...I made no comment....something is obviously going on and shaming her at this stage is NOT necessary....
she came back in and I ignored her while I cleaned up...while i didnt want to shame her I also didnt want to condone that behavior either...so I stayed neutral.
I have had to hand feed her...today she was not able to take from my hand and she rubbed the carpet again and while I got most of her food in her after being patient and coaxing, she didnt finish....
she has a different look in her eyes today..like...a blankness, but she is still in there..I can see her...she remains affectionate.
when her walker came to take her for a walk, she scattered...she did this yesterday too now that I think about it...he had to leave, she didnt want to go so badly....
I am assuming some days will be worse days than others...I had my hopes up that somehow it was getting better and would stay that way...
thats just not so....
I wonder if she was traumatized by the ambulance coming to take me to the ER when my back went out on Tuesday....she might have been exhibiting these symptoms since then but I was medicated and might not have picked up on them....
I just needed to say this all out loud...
my girl is slipping....
