Just got back from collecting mum after a week of respite. We had a lovely, restful week, we stopped argueing, we laughed and acted like the normal couple we are . We went into the ch and she was dozing in the chair, we touched her arm and she said hello but with no real recognition, she then asked what was going on, i said we were going home and she said oh no!. I collected her meds and packed her bag and we went back to the lounge. We got her in the car ( she didnt know where we were going, altho we'd told her umpteen times!) and we came home. Oh went back to work, mums got a cup of tea and is undoing and doing up her blouse!!, i unpacked the bags etc and am now sitting here while mums dozing in the chair. All i can think of is life is now on hold again, someone opened the cage and my hubby and i flew round for a week now someones shut the cage again!! How long can we do this for?? Feel so trapped