Posted 11/11/18 Sadly, I couldn’t make it to see mom today. Her roomie passed away this afternoon and mom didn’t handle it well. Details tomorrow… 🙁 Pray for the family, for mom and for the rest of the Sweet 17 that are left. :(Note: I will keep calling them the Sweet 17 because more come…
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Unequal Eyes
Posted 11/8/18 I took Mom for a field trip for her eye surgery follow-up today. No new pictures…just a thought: she had one repaired eye and still has one pretty bad eye. It can be challenging for a typical brain to cope with big differences in sight quality between eyes. In an Alzheimer’s/brain bandit patient,…
Awakened by a Lego
Posted 11/7/18 Life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you’re gonna get. Today mom was as clueless who I am as she can possibly be. No, I mean it…trust me. She was nice and friendly, as you can tell… Oddly, all of the Sweet 17 were zoned out. Awkward silence. I heard…
Buddies: Real or Not
Posted 11/5/18 Today mom was pretty happy when I arrived. Very anxious, but generally good spirits. She said “Hi! It is my buddy!” to me. 🙂 Ms. Sue, one of the Sweet 17, asked her who I was and she said I am her youngest of 3…Pamela, Steve and Mark. (!!!!) That is the most…
The Sweet 17
Posted 10/30/18 Took mom + the sweet 17 (what I call the original 17+ mom who were there when she arrived) some cupcakes today for Halloween. Mom approved of the included bling, especially when I used it as a nose ring. 🙂 She was unquiet today, like the rest were. Alzheimer’s + Schedule Changes= lots…
Noah and the Case of the Mysterious Corn
Posted 10/29/18 Mom was a mess today. I colored with her in her new Noah’s Ark coloring book to begin to settle her down. The human brain is an extraordinary bundle of meat. Think of memories like little pathways from point A to B. Broken pathways=memory loss. The brain desperately seeks rest. Healthy or unhealthy,…
MAGA
Posted 10/26/18 I got a tad of a hard time from an unnamed loved one for only posting sad videos of mom, so tonight I will only post a couple happy pix. Regardless of your opinion of the president and of politics in general, wouldn’t it be nice to honestly respond “No idea” to the…
The Bag Lady is Actually a Servant
Posted 10/24/18 Mom was super anxious again in the first half of today’s visit, then improved. Earlier she was apparently wheelin’ a fellow resident around in a chair and they both crashed in a heap. Nobody harmed, but I wonder what could have happened in the hardwood section instead of carpet? Mom has a servant’s…
Singin’ with Kin
Posted 10/22/18 Was a long and unusual visit with mom today. The positives: She played the piano well. She was nice and only somewhat nervous. She was more verbal than she has been lately. The negatives: she said a few highly inappropriate things to me. Eek. She still asked to go home a lot. She…
The Facts
Posted 10/20/18 Mom slept good last night. Had a better breakfast this morning too. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have…the Alzheimer’s ward. Sing it Tootie, Blair and Mrs. Garrett!! #EndALZ