As my mother's brain shrinks, her ability to function waxes and wanes.
Some weeks she is incapable of caring for herself properly
and the next she is making herself breakfast.
I think this is when the brain shrinks it takes a few days for it
to form new pathways to find the information she is looking for.
She understands the "family" she is looking for is dead,
but she cannot help herself in wanting to "go home".
She doesn't know what state she lives in, does not think of me as
family, thinks no one knows where she is because no one visits.
Recently she has called me early in the morning quite afraid
thinking she has fallen asleep in someone else's place
and has to get out of there.
Poor thing..... I gave her tight hugs, reassurance, and a bowl of cereal.
Back to bed she went, and i found her later
up and dressed doing exercises !!
Mother is like a box of chocolates
you never know what you'll get.
1 comment:
Yes you have described exactly how it is. At least she is not wandering down the street looking for home. We used to ask my grandmother all about the people she was looking for and talking about. We learned a lot of things we would have never known because sometimes she was "there living in the past". She can still call you and know how to do it..that helps a whole lot. You are doing a wonderful job of caring for her. Hugs and prayers to you too.
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