Formally known as Badger Boo's Daft Adventures - Now about my two crazy Cocker Spaniels Boris and Eko, as well as the ups and downs of life as a caregiver to both my parents who have Dementia. Nothing in life prepares you to become the parent to your parents, I'm just muddling through as best I can
14 July 2024
27 June 2024
Back home at last
Dad is finally home at last **does a happy dance**
In total dad spent 10 very long and unpredictable weeks in hospital after he fell and broke his hip back in April
The outpouring of love from people all over the world asking after dad and wishing him well has been absolutely staggering, I read every message, email and comment to dad whilst he was in hospital and I'm sure it's this outpouring of love that helped my dad to fight and make it through some very dark times
Not knowing that many of my dad's friends and acquaintances anymore I joined the local facebook group in my old home town, I shared what had happened and why dad hadn't been seen out and about for a while on his regular morning walk to Tesco's for the daily papers
All my life people have joked that everybody knows
14 May 2024
Where does the time go?
I can't believe we're halfway through May already, things have been so hectic since my dad fell and broke his hip last month, yet I seem to have achieved the square route of nothing at all
Dad's currently still in hospital, there are plans to move him to a smaller more local cottage hospital at some point, but soon after his admission to the Royal Surrey it was noticed that dad was having some difficulties swallowing liquids which would set off a massive coughing fit and he was at risk of getting food and/or liquid in his lungs
I reminded the consultant of dad's esophageal cancer diagnosis as we were told this may happen in the future, that if it did we were to contact the oncology unit to see about the possibility of a stent being fitted to enable dad to eat and drink more comfortably, at this point dad was put onto a zero oral liquid and small bite diet
Dad went downhill really fast that first week
20 April 2024
Round up catch up
Although we've been AWOL for the past couple of months I had started writing several posts but never got around to finishing any of them, so I thought what better way to bring you up to speed than to put a few short posts together in one longer post for a quick round up-catch up as I sit here in A&E at the Royal Surrey County Hospital with my dad in the wee small hours
Unfortunately my dad took a tumble earlier today and dislocated his hip, we had hoped that was all it was as the paramedics took him off to hospital, but x-rays revealed a fractured hip and dad needs surgery to fix
As I post this I'm currently waiting to see the Doctor for more information the information my dad gave me is very sketchy because of his Alzheimer's, he'd already been x-rayed and told he needed surgery before I even got to the hospital in my car, soon as I know more I'll update you
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Jan 24
Boris knows he's handsome and is always camera ready, which is really lucky after a long old day at the eye clinic with my dad yesterday
The worst part by far though was the 90 minutes it took us to get out of the hospital car park and onto the A3 due to the sheer weight of traffic also trying to exit the
19 April 2024
Sorry we've been AWOL
Apologies we've been so very tardy about posting recently, the truth is I've been really struggling with my own mental health for the past couple of months
Something happened which made me realise that all was not well in my world and that I couldn't ignore it anymore when I hadn't been in to check on my parents for three days
They weren't totally abandoned as mum has carers that come in first thing each day to help her get washed and dressed, but I just couldn't face another day trying to cope with these two strangers who look like my parents and live in their house, but aren't the people they once were
Nothing prepared me for becoming my parents caregiver, it was forced upon me because I'm the only one near enough to do it. My life has been turned upside down and my own health struggles make things really difficult as I never get the time to just stop and rest up for a few days
I'm absolutely exhausted with the constant worry
06 February 2024
Paleo Plus Rebrand
Introducing the beautifully rebranded Paleo Plus range from Paleo Ridge and wearing a very sleek black and gold jacket that's colour coded for each meal
It's the pup equivalent of the little black dress/tuxedo and adds that little bit of class to every meal without having to dress for it
To celebrate the launch of this beautiful new rebrand Paleo Ridge are offering 10% off every Paleo Plus product
15 January 2024
Belated Happy New Year
It's been a busy few weeks here at Crazy Towers since I last posted and my dad has had to have another two blood transfusions because he's severely anemic again
I recently found out that the severe anemia dad's been struggling with as well as the constant breathlessness are yet more side effects of the radiotherapy treatment dad had for his esophageal cancer in march of last year
This was news to me as I must have completely missed the part of the conversation
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