Mental Health Support

A car horn very near us just went off. It was very loud, and I thought it might have been my car. Since there's no reason for my car to be towed, I looked outside to the driveway. It wasn't my car's alarm.

As soon as I got back into the house, Kathy yelled from the bedroom: "I thought they towed our car again." We've never had it towed.

She's been much better in the last two days. Today, the third day, is the first time since beginning to recover that she's come up with something that's not from reality.

Her being sick in these ways have caused me great anxiety. However,
I've done well since I saw my therapist last week. Keri* taught me how to keep in control without having an anxiety attack. Hearing Kathy ask if the car's been towed "again" could've set off the anxiety. It didn't.

It's nice to be able to stay cool. All I can really do for Kathy is to see that she stays hydrated. Poor hydration was one of the causes of her being in hospital for three days in March. (The other was a severe UTI.)

Please keep me in your thoughts - and keep a thought that'll remind me that I have a low dose of Ativan in the medicine cabinet.

* Keri is my therapist.