Posted 1-22-20 I just wanted us to look back on a piece I did some time ago: Link Do you believe it? Are there more facets to this article that I should have explored? I am trying to remain positive and fight off sadness as long as I can in this dementia mess. I still…
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The Paradox of Joy
Posted 5-16-19 Yesterday, not 48 hours after scheduling our initial hospice visit for my mom, she did the unthinkable: she had a great day!! The best in 2 months… at least. The false-hope-screaming-kind-of good day. She said at least 20 complete, intelligible sentences, some 19.5 more than she has said the last 2 months. At…
Good Days: Past and Present
Posted 3-26-19 So much to write, such little time. 🙁 I have at least 10 articles in the works, but I also desperately need brain beauty sleep to wash my brain of worthless beta-amyloid plaques. Mom is doing much better again today. Peppy and genuinely pretty happy. She was a tad anxious, more than normal….but…
…for the Win
Fun fact: My brother-in-law trained, competed, and won an enormous Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament in Denver this winter. Trophy, cash, prestige. A win… Far from merely a game of chance, this ever-tense strategy game requires psychology, reverse psychology and reverse reverse psychology…and a smidge of luck to haul home the prize. If it was only…
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…
Coastering to a Stop
12/20/18 Roller coaster ride with mom continues. All reports are that she had a good day, Yesterday was also good…looking up. But they further tweaked her meds again just in time to have a terrible visit with Pam and John tonight. Brain meds on a “normal ” brain are hard enough. Working on the chemistry…
Nice Visit
Posted 11/26/18 Had a nice time visiting mom today. She had a challenging day and wouldn’t accept her bath (very common for her). Sad to have to be “given a bath” for a proud person as she is/was. 🙁 By the time my stepdad got there after lunch, she started settling down and by the…
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