A VERY Stressful Day
for Dake
Talking about stress,
Dake had a major stress moment on Tuesday (July 10). The lady (an angel in my opinion) who comes
and helps us out with the house and Dake was at our house.
Dake
has a station set up for him in a small room off the kitchen. This is next to
his bedroom and kinda gives him his own personal space yet still in the
house. My dad custom made him a table (desk) to house
his computer, television and a telephone. The garage is off this room and he
will go outside often and enjoy the sun.
This is the way he goes to get to the front of our house. We leave the
door slightly cracked so he can come in when he wants to get out of the heat.
My mom and dad live across the street kinda caddy cornered from our driveway.
Our mailboxes are on mom and dad’s side of the road. I tell you all of this
info to continue with the story.
Our living room is in the front of the house
away from Dake’s area. Lyndsey and I
were in the living room on this day during this time.
Dake had had his breakfast and retrieve to do
computer stuff or watch a movie. This is
his morning routine unless he is a little tired and he will go outside in the
sun and maybe nap some….(Lyndsey calls Dake a cat because he migrates to a warm sunny place to
nap.)` The lady finished and came thru the living room and said, “Bye” then
left.
Lyndsey and I were
busy doing computer work in the living room and Dake was in his area watching a
movie are working on something. Usually every
30 minutes or so, Dake will come visit us in the living room when he takes a
break or if he needs something. This
morning about 30 minutes had passed since the lady had exited out the front door. I thought to myself, ‘Dake must have found
something interesting this morning because he hasn’t been in to see us for a
while.’ Another 15 minutes or so go by Dake
and my mom comes from the back of the house into the living room. Dake is drenched in sweat. He said in a panic,
“Didn’t you hear me calling?”
Lyndsey and I are totally confused.
Why was my mom with
him? Why was he covered in sweat if he was watching a movie? Why did I not hear
him if he was in his computer area?
I replied,” No, Dake,
why?” I am still very confused.
Dake said the lady
let him out the garage before she left through the living room. She
then came into the living room and said, “Bye”, but did not say anything about
Dake going outside.
I just assumed he was
in his computer room.
Dake went into the
garage and fell asleep. He got sweaty while sleeping and his had slipped off
the joystick and arm rest. His finger
must have turned his chair electricity off which is near his joystick. He woke up but he could not get his arm back
up on his arm rest. He screamed and
yelled for Lyndsey and I but we never heard him. He was in the garage about 30 minutes yelling
for us. He could not move or get anyone
of us to hear him. Luckily my mom went
out to get her mail and thought she heard Dake’s voice. She thought at first he was in the backyard
calling for us. Dake said he was at the
point of saying ugly words. (He apologized
to his grandmother if she had heard anything.)
She found him in the garage and brought him inside. I felt so bad. How horrible! I did not even hear him. Neither one of us did. If I had known he was
outside I would have had my ears in high radar mode. I usually check on him frequently when he
goes out these days because of the heat.
Ok….I deserve the “Bad
Mother’s Award” for this one. I do. I do. Just go ahead and say it.
He got well hydrated
and was fine. Thank goodness.
Thank God my mom loves to get her mail and has
good hearing.
Dake was in an
awesome mood the rest of the day.
I told Lyndsey maybe 30 minutes of gut curdling
screaming was a good stress reliever we should all try….
(I MUST make sure and
tell my mom our plans if we choose this method of stress relief because she
might have a little added stress going to the mailbox!)
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