Posted 11/15/18 Thanksgiving luncheon with mom today was a hoot. There were 15 or so (?) relatives and friends visiting the Sweet 17, which both brightened days and added a heapin’ helping of angst. A tad over half struck the visitor Powerball while some sadly matched no numbered balls. 🙁 The most sad part to me…
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I Hate Wasps
Posted late 11/14/18 Mom is recovering from her eye procedure today. Generally she seemed ok compared to normal. We had a few more inappropriate issues again, but, by and large she wasn’t bad. They tweaked her anxiety medication and that helped somewhat. She had a really bad evening yesterday after the procedure which led to…
More Than You Can Handle
Posted 11/14/18 Couple thoughts after taking mom to the eye surgeon yesterday: 1. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/god-will-give-you-more-than-you-can-handle/ Please ignore people that promise that God won’t give you more than you can handle. That verse is about temptation (to sin). We are given trials for many reasons including to grow us, to show His faithfulness, and to help us…
Praying
Posted 11/13/18 Pray for mom to have an easy and quick eye procedure. It is painless and easy for people without Alzheimer’s. If she jerks around, it could be bad. Will be done within 30 minutes… Thank you all. #EndALZ
Memory Units Can Be Messy
Posted 11/12/18 Mom was a wound-up mess today. She is saying inappropriate, unmentionable things a lot these days. 🙁 She was worried about her stuff that was in the boat and needed to show me the boat…and took me to a food cart. She then threw up her hands and said “never mind”. 🙁 Most…
Roomie Called Home
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…
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…