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Post by josef on Dec 4, 2023 15:48:17 GMT
My mom had Alzheimer, so I can understand this and its message. Sometimes, just when one thinks all hope is lost, something or someone brings them even for a brief time or moment back. For us, it was all of us watching an I Love Lucy episode, when mom suddenly joined in the laughter and talking with us.
I watched this couple times and thought maybe someone here would also appreciate it as I have.
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Post by atsda on Dec 5, 2023 2:51:08 GMT
It's too bad that I don't carry a handkerchief around anymore.
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Post by rtraincollector on Dec 5, 2023 10:39:35 GMT
reminds me of my mother at the end of her life
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Post by Adam on Dec 5, 2023 11:25:55 GMT
Oh man, Walt, why do you always share the tear jerkers. Wonderful video.
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Post by armyranger on Dec 5, 2023 12:34:15 GMT
My mom passed away 5 years ago with Alzheimer. The last 6 months were really tuff. She used to like to watch Andy and Barney, I love Lucy, Hoss and little Joe.the beaver. That really helped her also. Started talking about the old days back in the 40's/50's. had some good laughs. Thanks Walt.
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Post by curtis on Dec 5, 2023 20:24:49 GMT
As my mother in law is now passed, due to Alzheimer's I can relate. It is like you are born with a spool of twine on your back. As you grow it unwinds. Suddenly you get dementia and every time you get confused you turn and wind up the string. As Alzheimer's sets in more you wind in more and more. You remember things long ago but can not recall anything close to today, week or year. It is the WORST disease in my honest opinion. Not for them but for us to have to watch them go through it till they even forget who we are.
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Post by josef on Dec 5, 2023 21:07:12 GMT
As my mother in law is now passed, due to Alzheimer's I can relate. It is like you are born with a spool of twine on your back. As you grow it unwinds. Suddenly you get dementia and every time you get confused you turn and wind up the string. As Alzheimer's sets in more you wind in more and more. You remember things long ago but can not recall anything close to today, week or year. It is the WORST disease in my honest opinion. Not for them but for us to have to watch them go through it till they even forget who we are. We started noticing mom problem in August when she left our farm to drive home and got a call from a stranger that my mom couldn't remember how to get home and was in a town in the opposite direction. We drove there and drove her home. Over the months things became more noticeable when she started calling me a different name then apologizing. The hardest thing that year was Christmas Eve when dad said he was going to Christmas Eve services and asked us to watch over mom. Mom wanted to go outside so we bundled her up and were standing in the dark, with no city lights and only the lights from the house, the sky was clear filled with stars and for miles around only the snow covered fields. We could hear then the church bells ringing and when they stopped, mom turned to my wife and asked her "What's wrong with me"? Believe me I was shocked as was the wife and it was hard to tell and explain to mom what was happening to her.
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Post by curtis on Dec 6, 2023 14:42:03 GMT
Ironically that is what happened to mom when we first realized it. I took her to dentist office day before her visit. I made her drive so there would be no problems. I left for work at 1am (truck driver hauling plants). When I got home at 11:30am I was surprised to find her not home. Now I had a dilemma. Do I go looking or wait in case she calls? I called dentist and she had left over an hour earlier. I was sweating bullets. Anyhow I heard a car door and looked out front. There was a pickup with a guy I knew walking back to my moms car and pointing to the house. I watched her nod yes and pull in the drive. I went out to ask what was going on. He told me he had seen her over 35 miles from here in the opposite direction moving slowly down the road. About 5 minutes later he saw her again and knew something was wrong. She could not remember where she had been or her address but mentioned my name. By God's grace he knew me and knew where I lived. He lead her to our house. I thanked him and God and went inside. When I asked her she knew nothing. I left the room and cried realizing that this was the beginning of a long hard road we would travel.
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Post by Adam on Dec 6, 2023 15:07:40 GMT
Ironically that is what happened to mom when we first realized it. I took her to dentist office day before her visit. I made her drive so there would be no problems. I left for work at 1am (truck driver hauling plants). When I got home at 11:30am I was surprised to find her not home. Now I had a dilemma. Do I go looking or wait in case she calls? I called dentist and she had left over an hour earlier. I was sweating bullets. Anyhow I heard a car door and looked out front. There was a pickup with a guy I knew walking back to my moms car and pointing to the house. I watched her nod yes and pull in the drive. I went out to ask what was going on. He told me he had seen her over 35 miles from here in the opposite direction moving slowly down the road. About 5 minutes later he saw her again and knew something was wrong. She could not remember where she had been or her address but mentioned my name. By God's grace he knew me and knew where I lived. He lead her to our house. I thanked him and God and went inside. When I asked her she knew nothing. I left the room and cried realizing that this was the beginning of a long hard road we would travel. My goodness, God was certainly watching out for you mom that day. |
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Post by curtis on Dec 8, 2023 5:47:47 GMT
Adam
That is exactly what I said out loud! Seems he is always watching and taking care of things. Sure glad he watched over Mom that day and many others!
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