A good 2 days!?

[louise29]

Hi all,

I have had a not too bad couple of days, Mum has a thing about dust and bits on the carpet, she told me I needed to dust her wall lights as she could see a lot of dust - honest I couldn't see a thing! Anyway I took her one of those fluffy extendable dusters, well she thought it was great, and went round the room dusting everything. I smiled as she looked happy but sad as how frail she is looking.

We walked around the garden, which is huge and very overgrown as neither of my parents have been able to maintain it properly, which was a shame as they both loved gardening, now Dad has gone, I think she thinks I am super human, she points with her stick saying this needs to be pulled out etc.

As many of you have experienced we are having food problems, Dad used to be her carer and did all the cooking, now we do it for her - well my husband does all the cooking and I take it to her and stay with her for a couple of hours. She likes Pizza and chips, anything with chips at the moment, but she doesn't like the way I cook them!!!! The Pizza that it. So I got a Pizza delivered today, asked her what she wanted, anchovies, she decided that she didn't like it, told her to pick the anchovies off but she only ate 2 slices with chips!

We got a wheelchair for her last week as she is very slow on her feet and gets tired, anyway she asked to come to my home for the afternoon. I think she really enjoyed it, we have a dog which she loves. A different scenery has done her good and she ate a baked potato with cheese.

I just wish she could remember her words, we seem to have a guessing game when she is trying to tell me something and she talks about the war a lot and her parents but nothing makes sense, I only know the stories from her pre AZ days.

I can relate to so many of the posts on here, I am just waiting for the next stage.

Sorry bit of a long story.

[jan1962]

Hi there,

just read your thread and it has brought a smile to my face. pleased that your mother appears happy with herself, may this last a while longer.she is very lucky to have a family that is so involve with her and are enabling her to continue to live at home. only
wish i could do that for my MIL.

give yourself a pat on the back and you should be proud too.

jan1962

[jaymor]

It is so sad when they loose words and the made up stories are so bizzare. I wont remember exactly what he said but it went along the lines of someone this morning had dropped their cup of tea on the floor. My husband told him not too worry he could get some more if he went up the road, turned right at the island and then left at the island and down there was a butcher. Why he needed a butcher I have no idea, when all he needed was another cup of tea. Then there was so much food in the garden it was being wasted as no one had a door in their car to get to the food. So sad to hear but I am just happy that he can still speak and keep a conversation going even if it does not make sense and sometimes he thinks his stories are so funny he can't stop laughing and that makes us laugh too. I wonder what he will have to say to us tomorrow.

Jay

[leedsfan]

Hi,

Just read your post this morning and it made me smile. You sound like such a lovely caring person. Just so happy that your mum is content for a couple of days. We all draw strength from these special times, and I know it helps get us through the challenge we face.

Keep doing exactly as you are, it's brilliant. Going to my Dads soon, I'll keep your post in mind and try to have a nice time with him.

Thank you

Jane

[Grannie G]

I love the way you solved the `dust` problem. You were inspired. Oh if only all problems could be solved so easily.

My husband is also losing his words. He starts the sentence off but can never finish it. So it`s `What is the........? `, `Where is......?` `Have you got......?` and I have to either guess or distract. Luckily he doesn`t get cross with himself, he just gives up. It is sad in one way but a relief in an other. I`d hate him to get cross and frustrated.

It was lovely to read your post Louise.