A family friend emailed me monday that she was taking my mother out the next day and had already called her. Geez, if I would have known I might have planned something to be away that day. It was only by accident I saw them leave and ran down to the apartment to remove junk that mom refuses to throw away. Why don't people communicate? I know that she thinks she is doing me a favor by taking over for the day and leaving me out of it but I didn't even know that my mother had returned until she called me.
She told me that the friend had just "dropped her off" and that she made it to her apt. alone- WHAT? I find this hard to believe- must have forgotten(?)
Mother then took a nap and I tried to free my mind thinking that she was set for the day.
Nope.
She called at 4 nice and rested and wanted to go out!
uh, NO. You went to a museum and shopping!
Haven't you had enough entertainment?
Apparently not, if you can barely remember....
2 comments:
Yes sounds familiar..once they sleep they wake and forget so completely anything that went on before it. Sad I know, but the way that it is. My Grandmother would look into the mirror and freak out because she thought she was a young woman. It was a pretty rocky time dealing with her for a long time. Yes I agree you must let these respite or other people KNOW EXACTLY how things are and how you want them to deal with her.
Communication is the key and without everything is chaos. Maybe it's time to send everyone who participates in your mother's care an email or give them a phonecall to let them know how things need to be where your mother is concerned.
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