Hi everyone and Happy New Year,
My Mum (age 101 and late stage Alzheimers) had a fall a couple of weeks ago in her Care Home and has fractured her arm bone. 9 hours spent in A & E! But now, she is just wasting away rapidly. She is a skeleton now and is taking just a few sips of fluid or soup. I am amazed though at the strength she has in her hands. She grabs anyone who gets close enough and it is very difficult to get out of her clutch Where on earth does the strength come from.....
I know it would be a blessing if she died in her sleep, their is no quality of life anymore and at 101+ she has had a remarkable innings! Dad died 9 years ago but I never thought that she would last this long without him. I am clinging to the hope that she will be reunited with him shortly.
Thinking of you all on your journey with this hateful disease, and hoping that one day soon there will be a breakthrough for a cure.
I'll let you know when she leaves this world but want to thank you all now, for the strength I have received from others on this forum.
Pauline xx
My Mum (age 101 and late stage Alzheimers) had a fall a couple of weeks ago in her Care Home and has fractured her arm bone. 9 hours spent in A & E! But now, she is just wasting away rapidly. She is a skeleton now and is taking just a few sips of fluid or soup. I am amazed though at the strength she has in her hands. She grabs anyone who gets close enough and it is very difficult to get out of her clutch Where on earth does the strength come from.....
I know it would be a blessing if she died in her sleep, their is no quality of life anymore and at 101+ she has had a remarkable innings! Dad died 9 years ago but I never thought that she would last this long without him. I am clinging to the hope that she will be reunited with him shortly.
Thinking of you all on your journey with this hateful disease, and hoping that one day soon there will be a breakthrough for a cure.
I'll let you know when she leaves this world but want to thank you all now, for the strength I have received from others on this forum.
Pauline xx