Posted 12/16/18 Visited mom at the geriatric behavioral health hospital yesterday and today. She was less anxious this afternoon. It is certainly not enriching in the most generous definition, but she is safe and they are working on her meds. We sincerely hope to have her back where she was before Christmas. She said (between…
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Behavioral Health Hospital
Posted 12/15/18 Anxiety goes hand-in-hand with Alzheimer’s patients as long as they meet one of two conditions: they are at least subconsciously aware of their inability to make clear and mentally-pleasing decisions and they are not drugged like Jerry Garcia. Last night mom was brought to a different facility for a while to help her…
Challenges
Posted 12/14/18 Profound challenges today. More later. Anxiety and door checking aplenty. #EndALZ
Melatonin
Posted 12/13/18 We have a new, simpler med plan for mom now. The Melatonin has naturally helped her sleep, but the anxiety and corresponding hunting and gathering is still a frequent thing. (Mom has been getting sleepy earlier, which will be fine unless she gets up at 4am.) She, like her brain, frantically searches for…
Chocolate Orange Smoothie
Posted later 12/12/18 Couple other notes: My mom dumped orange juice in her chocolate milk and drank some of it today. Mmmmm. 🙁 Gotta wonder how her taste buds are working. 🙁 More positive: She has largely stopped obsessing about her stuff for the most part now. #EndALZ
Visit From a Friend
Posted early 12/12/18 Mom was wound up today pretty good. She was doing the brain bandit babble (3b) off and on as well. 🙁 More common the last 2 weeks than ever. She had an awkward issue today that I need to discuss with the boss there before I consider whether to post it here…
Typical Day
12/11/18 Reports are pretty typical for mom. She is more wobbly than normal, but her corn is being addressed. This is the very definition of a boring post, but not everything is a peak or valley…thankfully. #EndALZ
Tiptoeing Through the 2s
Posted 12/10/18 To-day the letter combination/word/sound “TO” came to mind as I left from visiting mom. She was a bundle of hyperactivity and confusion today, but had some better moments too. She is still sweet for the most part, which brings me joy. 🙂 Ok…to???? What is this kook up to? I am a hypocritical…
Who Am I?
Posted 12/7/18 I showed up with my boss to see mom while we were out today, and she walked briskly to meet us in the hall then abruptly asked the two of us “Who am I?”. She wasn’t kidding and, unless it was just a short-term thing caused by the change of routine, she was…
Deleting the Web
Posted 12/5/18 Mom had a good day today. Her new roomie is a very sweet lady named, like many of the Sweet 17, Mary. She had a different brain bandit than mom: a virus that caused her essentially complete memory loss. She asks every single day “Why am I here?” I wish she was just…