I took my Dad to the opticians as he had to have drops in his eyes so could not drive himself. A neighbour kept an eye on my Mum while we went. Mum was in bed all the time and the neighbour said she was fine and left.
All was well til I went into her bedroom and she said the doctor had been, and she was waiting for an ambulance to fetch her, she had an infection and had to go into a isolation ward as she is very contagious. She was convinced she was in her last hours in this planet.
Dad and I said that unfortunately Dad needed help around the house as he was still misty eyed from his eye drops. In 20 seconds flat she jumped out of bed and was dressed and was going to get a meal for us both !
Every morning she is in bed poorly and can’t move and by mid afternoon she seems to have ‘forgotten’ her ailments and functions more like the Mum I remember- still forgetful and sometimes can’t remember who we are but she is not ill or in bed
Yesterday she thought it was Christmas and she was getting married in the morning but in the afternoon seems more lucid
My question is has anyone else experienced sudden changes
How can she be ok when someone visits other than Dad and I and change so much with us. How can she ‘turn’ her dementia off and on but we see it but others think we imagine it as she doesn’t show how she can be to others like my brother and others in the family and hardly ever to her friends.
I feel like the health professionals only see he good side even though she has been diagnosed with Mixed Demrntia with MRI scans and memory tests and listening to Dad and myself how she is in the home.
I can’t understand how she can be one person with us and ‘not so’ with other people. Others have experienced dementia related issues but to a vet less extent. Dad is not coping though discussed respite for him but he ‘can’t sanction it’ as it would break his heart he says.
All this seems so peculiar to cope with - it seems like she has a split personality depending who she is with.
Any advice would be appreciated
All was well til I went into her bedroom and she said the doctor had been, and she was waiting for an ambulance to fetch her, she had an infection and had to go into a isolation ward as she is very contagious. She was convinced she was in her last hours in this planet.
Dad and I said that unfortunately Dad needed help around the house as he was still misty eyed from his eye drops. In 20 seconds flat she jumped out of bed and was dressed and was going to get a meal for us both !
Every morning she is in bed poorly and can’t move and by mid afternoon she seems to have ‘forgotten’ her ailments and functions more like the Mum I remember- still forgetful and sometimes can’t remember who we are but she is not ill or in bed
Yesterday she thought it was Christmas and she was getting married in the morning but in the afternoon seems more lucid
My question is has anyone else experienced sudden changes
How can she be ok when someone visits other than Dad and I and change so much with us. How can she ‘turn’ her dementia off and on but we see it but others think we imagine it as she doesn’t show how she can be to others like my brother and others in the family and hardly ever to her friends.
I feel like the health professionals only see he good side even though she has been diagnosed with Mixed Demrntia with MRI scans and memory tests and listening to Dad and myself how she is in the home.
I can’t understand how she can be one person with us and ‘not so’ with other people. Others have experienced dementia related issues but to a vet less extent. Dad is not coping though discussed respite for him but he ‘can’t sanction it’ as it would break his heart he says.
All this seems so peculiar to cope with - it seems like she has a split personality depending who she is with.
Any advice would be appreciated
