Il a encore dit à la préposée d'aide à l'hygiène que ses problèmes étaient causés par une ponction lombaire. Ce n'est pas vrai! Il est presque mort à la maison AVANT qu'une ambulance l'emmène à l'hôpital!
Il nie toujours que c'est parce qu'il est alcoolique et qu'il souffre de problèmes neurologiques à cause de dommages causés par l'abus de l'alcool et une mauvaise alimentation.
Son diagnostic est clair: c'est une encéphalopathie de Wernicke.
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He is still saying that his problems are due to a lumbar puncture (spinal tap). This week, that is what he was saying to the help that came while he was having a shower. It is not true. He almost died at home BEFORE an ambulance rushed him to the hospital!
He still thinks his alcoholism has nothing to do with the neurological problems he has because he drank too much and did not eat enough!
His diagnostic is very clear: it is Wernicke's encephalopathy.
Link: http://www.alzscot.org/assets/0000/0166/alcohol.pdf
He cannot make me happy anymore. There is not enough of him left. Alcohol took him away from us.
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