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I Never Imagined

I never thought that I would be taking care of my mother. I could have imagined all sorts of things, I have a very vivid and wild imagination, but never that I would be taking care of my mother in her old age.

Mom is not helpless, but she has become dependent. If Mom wants a soda, she will say she wants one and then decide she should not have it. Mom will not get up and get the soda herself. Mom sits on the couch or the love seat debating with herself whether she should go lay down. Eventually, Mom decides to lie down in her bed or she goes to sleep where she sits.

Then there is the fact that Mom seems to want permission to eat. Sometimes she will fix a sandwich, but most of the time she will not fix a sandwich until I have said about 50 times that is all right to eat whatever she wants. She does eat will when I fix her something, but she protest taking her medication. So far, she has taken the meds as along as I encourage her to do it, but I am not sure how long this will last.

I know or I think the problem is Alzheimer’s disease, but there could be other issues. Mom has to see her doctor again at the end of July or the beginning of August. I am will keep a list of the symptoms and question I need to ask. All though, the best thing to do would be to go to the Brain Institute and see what they say.