OUR 2015 START
We were making great strides with Bob's dental care, and I was determined to make his cleanings less problematic by really going for it at home - brushings, flossings, and even a phillips sonicare to improve his gums. I squeezed in another dental for him in december, because he could get another, just to try to keep his gums from getting worst. His big problem is that his teeth are really strong and all the dentists say things like, 'those teeth are going to last forever'!!! BUT, they never, not one of them, ever, said, you are brushing your teeth so hard you are losing gum tissue. So now, even after brushing and using the sonicare extreme vibrating brush, he still has food between every tooth, because there is no gum to keep it out. ANYWAY, so I was determined that he would not lose his teeth and I was going to make sure he got the most and best care. USUALLY, we will not go to the dentist in flu season, for the obvious. But, against my own rules, I thought, we've had the flu shots, quit being paranoid.... you know, it's not paranoid if it's true! We went in on the 9th of Dec, and by the 12th of Dec Bob was sick as a dog. By the 14th, I was too. We laid on our backs coughing our brains out for 3 weeks. We did have meds, which I believe saved our lives. But we still have leftovers and are not done with this. It seems that Bob improves over these things more than me - I never do well. I keep thinking I'm better, than feel worse again. We were not sure if we should son & fiance come for Christmas, but decided that we were over the contagious stage, even if we were no fun and couldn't do anything. They did help us by running for us and it was good to have help for a change, when we were down and needed it.
Now for the UP news. Since all this happened, and Bob is improved, just around Jan 1, it seems he is not needing his nap anymore, and began having trouble sleeping! I told him, it must be because your brain is more active! Remember before I mentioned about how I could tell he was thinking things thru more and trying to discuss things more? So, I told him, we will need to increase your physical stuff so you get tired enough to sleep. That is very good! He is coming up on 3 years at the end of Feb and this is a new thing for him - just incase someone told you people stop improving - they don't!
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