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[Lily]

I have a cousin that took care of our grandmother almost full time. She didn't want to leave her home and didn't have to because of my cousin.

 

[LotusBud]

Yes, good for you, @Admin. My neighbor has Alzheimer's but really, her only system is she has no idea where she is in time. She recognizes everyone and remembers things, but she thinks Easter is tommorrow, nd she wants to go to Mass on tuesday, etc,

 

[LotusBud]

Yes, good for you, @Admin. My neighbor has Alzheimer's but really, her only symptom is she has no idea where she is in time. She recognizes everyone and remembers things, but she thinks Easter is tommorrow, nd she wants to go to Mass on tuesday, etc,

 

[LotusBud]

And she cant figure out how to use her phone.

 

[Jack]

Thank god you're around

 

[Admin.]

My mom was hallucinatory and acting out, till we got the right balance of medication

 

[Admin.]

It wasn’t easy for a patch.

 

[Admin.]

Auditory hallucinations were the first sign things were off, she would hear loud music and want it off…

 

[LotusBud]

Oh, wow. Did she always know you?

 

[Admin.]

No, not really most of the time she knew I was a friendly helper, but before the right meds there were a couple times I had to physically restrain her from leaving to go to her “real house!”

 

[Admin.]

I had to “child proof” the whole house.

 

[LotusBud]

After the meds she did know you?

 

[Admin.]

At times, she did, a couple times I was my Dad, they’d been divorced for decades but we look alike.

 

[LotusBud]

Wow. That's so hard,

 

[Admin.]

The morning she died, I had a Hospice team come in and they were like angels coming down to help.

 

[Admin.]

I would take my morning break to the dog park, with the neighbor lady sitting in the living room, jic just before I left as I finished helping her with yogurt and oatmeal, she looked serene as she looked into my eyes she said my Thank You____, when I got back an hour later, she was gone.

 

[Admin.]

The hospice nurse who came to prep mom for the mortuary said “they” often know it’s time.

 

[LotusBud]

Wow. it;s a gift for both of you that you were able to be with her.

 

[Admin.]

As hard as it was at times I’m glad I could be there for her. She had always had my back.

 

[The Prowler]

Did anyone ever post her personal information on a Web site filled with degenerates, @Admin. ?

 

[Admin.]

Get a life Joseph, and get trying to involve your dumb ass in mine.

 

[Admin.]

Get a life Joseph, and stop trying to involve your dumb ass in mine.

 

[LotusBud]

As hard as it was at times I’m glad I could be there for her. She had always had my back.

In some ways, I see being with people during their last days on Earth as a kind of privilege, even though it is super painful.

 

[Jack]

It's a valid question.

 

[The Prowler]

You did what you did, @Admin. Take some responsibility for your actions.

 

[Frood]

Prowler put his buttocks up Admin's buttocks? Weird....

 

[The Prowler]

That was @Admin. 's clumsy attempt at asking me on a date.

 

[Frood]

"Put your butt inside my butt, cowboi..." ?

 

[Frood]

That implies there's room in Admin's rectum for legs or a head and upper torso

 

[Admin.]

In some ways, I see being with people during their last days on Earth as a kind of privilege, even though it is super painful.

Once we got her mood and anxiety managed, there were interesting moments, one example. She would do what they call sundowning she would get up in the middle of the night on a mission, this one evening she had set up the card tables from her bridge playing days, with the chairs and cards arranged around the table…about three in the morning A heavy hand pounds on my br door and Officer Smith asked me to step out to speak with him. I’m “wtf?” Mom was worried about her Bridge players and called the police.