Posted 3/4/19 Mom seems more alert and awake this morning. She had a good breakfast and we are hoping her shower doesn’t produce a connecting right-hook, left-uppercut combo today. That calls to mind something I may have discussed before: Old memories dying hard and whether that is 100% bad. Mom’s primary memories/emotional responses that she…
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Best/Worst of X
Posted later 1/11/19 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring…
Grandma Applegate was SuperWoman
Posted 1/5/19 As fast as things get worse, they get better sometimes. Mom was more lucid today, as you can see (perhaps) by the posts from Pam’s phone. Less anxious today, as of lunchtime. 🙂 Makes life easier for mom and for the Sweet 17 when things improve, even for a while. Moment of self-refection/confession:…
Gathering
11/27/18 Quick note if you are now entering Alzheimer’s-land with a loved one. (That is surely the worst amusement park name idea ever!! Sorry…if you can’t cry, sometimes laughing is just as good 😉 ) Gathering. Sigh… My mom has, for at least the last 13 months, been a gatherer. When you fear losing stuff,…
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…
Sunshine and Imago Dei
Posted 10/19/18 Mom was the worst I have seen her so far. She was extremely frantic (redundancy intentional)…far from the Disney Princess I am used to in comparison. The nurse told me she is gathering stuff…some hers, some other ladies’…and paced all day. She shouted to me 20 times or more to take her home……