A Hard Day's Night.

I suppose I should be grateful that after 10 pm the blood pressure monitor stopped beeping before it inflated but I was aware of it at quarter past the hour throughout the night.It was not only that that kept us awake. Dulcie had a bad night. This cold that she has picked up is affecting her already poor oxygen intake and her trips to the loo wore her out. Will and I both sat with her separately, twice through out the night to try and calm her down.Earlier in the evening we called upon the doctor again and he has prescribed a course of anti-biotics and 3 days of statins to open up her airway.I remembered at 2.45 am that we had not put the bins out and so crept out into the dark to move it to the kerbside, treading upon a cane toad in the process, in my bare feet!At 6.00 am the beeping re-started and we were back to 20 minute inflations.I asked Will to take the day off work. I feel I am failing in my carer role by asking him but under the circumstances I needed him here particularly with his mum being so weak at this time...I feel any decisions that need making are made by a family member.It was not an easy day. Dulcie struggled all day to get her breath even though she was sat in her reclining chair. This afternoon we bought a vaporizer and thankfully it seems to be helping her and her breathing has calmed and quietened.Will was working for the next two days at another Kindergarten but has backed out of that too to stay home...we could have done with the money...but I am glad he will be here just until we get Dulcie back on an even keel.I had a phone call this afternoon from Centrelink....they are approving my application for carers allowance and it will be back dated to when Dulcie first went into hospital. It will be $118  fortnight. A decision is still to be made on my application for a carers pension which would add another $700 a fortnight. Fingers crossed....it would double our income.