Mum went to bed about 8.30pm last night (so did I as I was knackered), got her into her pj's and tucked her into bed, then she started asking questions about things.
She asked about her family, I tried explaining that only 2 of her brothers were still alive and haven't been near her for years, not even a card to ask how she was everytime she has been in hospital, last time I met one of them he suggested I put mum in a home as that's what his friend did with his mother, another brother (before he died) said I would have to give up uni, sell the house to pay for the fee's when mum goes into a home-family! She asked if her mum and dad were still alive, I said no and that we could go and visit their graves when the finer weather comes, she was happy about that, I said we could visit dad as well, she had forgotten he had died but wasn't upset (or didn't show it) when I told her.
Then we moved onto what she used to do before she married dad, then when they were married and when I came along. It was a bit like a trip down memory lane, a few things she had forgotten other things she remembers without any problem.
The one thing that is bothering me is that she thinks other people are in the house when its just the 2 of us, I tried explaining that I think she is getting mixed up between home and when she is at daycare (which is at a local CH) where there are a lot of people. She thinks that someone can get into the house, I said no its like Fort Knox, anyway I would hear anyone as i'm a light sleeper.
Anyway, it was a nice moment sitting on mums bed going over the past, like a trip down memory lane for both of us, just a pity that mum has Alzheimer's as there were so many things we had planned to do that we won't be able to now.
She asked about her family, I tried explaining that only 2 of her brothers were still alive and haven't been near her for years, not even a card to ask how she was everytime she has been in hospital, last time I met one of them he suggested I put mum in a home as that's what his friend did with his mother, another brother (before he died) said I would have to give up uni, sell the house to pay for the fee's when mum goes into a home-family! She asked if her mum and dad were still alive, I said no and that we could go and visit their graves when the finer weather comes, she was happy about that, I said we could visit dad as well, she had forgotten he had died but wasn't upset (or didn't show it) when I told her.
Then we moved onto what she used to do before she married dad, then when they were married and when I came along. It was a bit like a trip down memory lane, a few things she had forgotten other things she remembers without any problem.
The one thing that is bothering me is that she thinks other people are in the house when its just the 2 of us, I tried explaining that I think she is getting mixed up between home and when she is at daycare (which is at a local CH) where there are a lot of people. She thinks that someone can get into the house, I said no its like Fort Knox, anyway I would hear anyone as i'm a light sleeper.
Anyway, it was a nice moment sitting on mums bed going over the past, like a trip down memory lane for both of us, just a pity that mum has Alzheimer's as there were so many things we had planned to do that we won't be able to now.
