tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post8644610877789812998..comments2024-02-10T05:03:51.621-05:00Comments on Alzheimer's - My Mom My Hero: MY BIRTHDAY WISHESAlzheimer's My Mom My Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06521298907696128213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-61670012935680167692018-09-27T09:10:39.234-04:002018-09-27T09:10:39.234-04:00Juan thank you so much.Juan thank you so much.Alzheimer's My Mom My Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521298907696128213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-34175352180393630892017-06-07T08:46:04.314-04:002017-06-07T08:46:04.314-04:00I have been checking out a few of your stories and...I have been checking out a few of your stories and i can state pretty good stuff. I will definitely bookmark your blog <a href="https://www.everywishes.com/" rel="nofollow">romantic birthday wishes</a><br /><br />juanjuergenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03100195918263372267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-38682909837764413322016-07-12T08:06:41.762-04:002016-07-12T08:06:41.762-04:00Sad and so true.
Sad and so true.<br />Alzheimer's My Mom My Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521298907696128213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-3756858458099706072016-07-12T00:12:21.291-04:002016-07-12T00:12:21.291-04:00So true...
I remember first realizing how bad my m...So true...<br />I remember first realizing how bad my mother's dementia was when she had no recollection that my son was engaged to be married. Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-76690506639871084972016-07-11T13:08:54.883-04:002016-07-11T13:08:54.883-04:00Chris what I just read about your mom and your fam...Chris what I just read about your mom and your family history is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing such an intimate part of your life. I am truly touched. LisaAlzheimer's My Mom My Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521298907696128213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-13327691212899761172016-07-11T12:07:13.069-04:002016-07-11T12:07:13.069-04:00Hi Lisa,
I have enjoyed reading your blog and the ...Hi Lisa,<br />I have enjoyed reading your blog and the stories that you have on Huffington Post which is where I first found out about you. I was a caregiver for my mother who had Alzheimer's. She was also an amazing person like your mother. My mom was born on a farm in Minnesota and had a great childhood. When WWII came along she got involved in the war effort and moved to Washington where she hoped to put her secretarial skills to good use. She joined the OSS and was one of 7 women including celebrity chef and author Julia Child who went out to Ceylon and later to Chunking China helping run the OSS offices there. My mom met her future husband there, dad was a Major in the British military in the intelligence office. They married after the war in London but moved to New York as life in post war England was not very good. <br /><br />My mother raised 4 kids, I was the baby. She went back to work in about 1958 and eventually worked for the head of PR for the new El Al Airlines in Manhattan. In the late 60's my dad took a sales job in Atlanta and mom didn't work after that but she and dad traveled all over the world together and led and active life. <br /><br />She started showing signs of dementia in about 1998, dad said it was just normal aging but it slowly got worse. I would visit and she would ask me all kinds of questions about what I did and if I was married and had kids. This was hard as she had been so active with her grandchildren but had forgotten them. I would answer the questions as i ate my meal at the table and a few minutes later all the questions would start over. My dad was her main caregiver until he got macular degeneration and lost his eyesight. My older sister who was single and I helped take care of them as dad didn't want to go into a nursing home. My mom fell and broke a hip and had it replaced and was fine albeit slowly loosing more of her memories and then she fell again and broke the other hip and could not learn to walk again. <br /><br />We had home hospice but it was the care that my sister and I gave her that kept her alive for almost 2 years at home. My wife traveled a lot for work and my kids are grown so I lived off and on with my parents and sister caring for my parents. Every few months I would get away and meet my wife somewhere, it was kind of like having an affair as we would just meet in another city where she was working, sometimes we even met in other countries! And when my sister needed a break I covered the care taking solo for a while. Mom got to where she didn't know anyone but my dad. We were lucky as my mother had always been so soft spoken and gentile in her life that she remained so with her Alzheimer's and never raised her voice or got agitated as some do. <br /><br />We had to feed her a mostly liquified diet as she could not swallow very well. And we had to change diapers, undress and dress her. We had a hospital bed at home and a Hoyer lift to get her to and from her wheelchair. One day at the end she pushed the food away that I was feeding her, and said "no more." She did not eat again and died peacefully a few days later with all of us around her. She and dad were married 62 years. He died from a stroke 6 months later. <br /><br />This was back in 2008 and I still have such strong memories and thoughts of that time. Why did it happen, why did she loose all those memories. Did I do the right thing, was I a good son. Will it happen to me and who will take care of me. Silly thoughts that you have at 3am and can't sleep or solve anyway. <br /><br />Anyway, have wanted to contact you for quite some time and just took the time today. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951821420837774957noreply@blogger.com