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Agitation/Shadowing

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@georgescraftjr I always find your posts so rewarding, filled with so much education about this disease, elegantly written, where although you tell me my posts sound like prose, your writing has this beautiful flow, that lyrically plays out on paper. There's so much wisdom from your experience with this disease and for that I'm grateful. I received a response back this week, where either I wrote my post in a confusing way, or the reader just read it wrong. That bothered me for days, and I don't know why, as the advice we give, comes from our hearts and our own vantage point. Therefore, we use what's valuable and set aside the rest for if and when we need it. Because of you, I'm listening this morning to Jelly Roll and Lady Gaga, "God I'm Tired of Trying, and Holy Spirit Fill Again". "Lord, I'm fragile, sweep through the cracks of my heart, where the brokenness lies, Holy Spirit fill again. When I'm too weak to stand, you lift me with your hands." Every little gem of wisdom on this site, has lifted me. Thank you. Best, Karla

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@kjc48

Karla,

I needed to see a post by you first thing this morning. I slept but an hour or two cobbled together last night, George was so agitated he could stay still: He got in and out of bed all night long. (His doctor increased the dosage of his Ativan from .35 mg to 1 mg. I'm going to research whether it takes awhile for the medication to work effectively.)

Thanks for mentioning a song I haven't heard but will play today when George is not within earshot. (He gets irritated when I play anything except classical music!)

Hugs,
Lilly

@kjc48

"Make the world go away
And get it off my shoulders
Say the things you...say
And make the world go away."-- Eddie Arnold

Thanks for your kind words, Karla. Your compliment is undeserved, but much appreciated. (Glad you wrote this post before you saw the one wherein I used a comma instead of a period at the end of a sentence. Even worse, in that post, I inadvertently omitted the word "not" before "stay" in the sentence immediately following the comma.)