Like
many Parkinson's patients, I can't sleep at night. If I do manage to fall
asleep, it is only for a couple of hours, then I wake up. Trying to get back to
sleep again is frustratingly difficult. Sometimes from sheer exhaustion, I will
sleep a few extra hours, but sleep is always disrupted, and I now envy what I
took for granted; a simple 8 hours uninterrupted deep refreshing sleep!
The
other night, I was in bed staring at the ceiling, and realising I was not going
to fall asleep, I decided to get up. It was 02:30, so I tried to make as little
noise as possible, trying not to disturb my family. I entered the kitchen so
quietly, that I made our dog jump and for a split second she thought I was an
intruder. She barked fiercely baring her teeth, scaring the living day lights
out of me! I quickly talked in a gentle voice calling her name, to assure her
it was just me, and not to attack. Thankfully, she realised within seconds, and
stood down. Wow was she scary. I wouldn't
like to get on the wrong side of her, that's for sure. I may be
chronically ill , but I clearly don't have a heart problem, for seeing a Dogue
de Bordeaux ready to attack, barking, and showing those large fangs with 'shoe
strings' of slobber hanging from her huge open jaw, would be enough to send some
people into cardiac arrest!
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