I can't believe it's been so long since I blogged here. Maybe it's because I do write a lot of e-mails, and by the time I'm done with those...it's also time to turn the computer off.
Yesterday we visited UberNana. As soon as I walked over to her, I noticed that she had a frantic look on her face. "What's wrong Mom?" "Well, I feel TERRIBLE", she said. When I asked her what felt terrible, she said, "I'm LOST! I don't know where I am or what's happening to me!!!" Oh boy. Every now and then we have a day like this. These are the most painful days.
So, we showered her with kisses and hugs and tried to reassure her she wasn't lost. And then we answered the questions, over and over and over. She wanted to know where she was...."what's this place"...."how did I get here?"....."WHY am I here"?...."how long have I been here?" ....."Why can't I go home".....and "but there's nothing wrong with me!!!" It really takes quite a while to gently move her away from those thoughts and back to the moment.
Eventually we had her laughing and talking about candy.....silly things that happened that day.....and our big plan to buy a Gypsie wagon and tour the country selling snake potions and doing belly dancing!!! (Poor Grampa just shakes his head and laughes.....but he did say he would drive the wagon!)
By the time we leave, she's back to her happy self....and I'm spending hours trying to shake off the gloomy feeling. It's gone now, and hopefully she won't suffer with one of those mood attacks again for a while. It's only happened a couple of times in the three months she's been there, so all in all I guess we're doing pretty good. Considering what a wild and totally crazy woman she was 15 months ago, when all of this Dementia thing finally exploded, I guess we're doing great! Thank God for medications!!!
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