OMG Peanut,
You must be scared to death about it being hereditary! I wouldn't care if I got it but I hate the thought of my kids having to go through it with me. The oldest has already been throughout the ringer. His wife (My beloved daughter-in-law) has had more trouble than any of us. She was the first devil. Mom hates her and all Renee has ever done was be nice to her. Mom is accusing her of stealing all of her money. (She doesn't have any.)
Did you find that at first the Alzheimers victim acts normal away from home? We had no end of trouble from Mom's church friends. Mom would tell them these outlandish tales and they would believe it. Most of them treated Renee like a criminal. Now that it is so obvious do you think any of them want to apologize? Of course not. Sigh. I can understand caring about your church friends but this was just a bunch of old biddies sticking their noses in to family affairs. I get so mad when I think about them. On another note I called Mom last night and she hung up on me as soon as she realized it was me. Of course I cried fro the rest of the night. My dh can't stand seeing me that way and he has enough trouble of his own to deal with. I was a basket case. BUT little Adie helped me out of it. She knew something was wrong with Mommy and wouldn't leave me alone. She nagged me until I broke down and played with her. She loves "go fetch" and everytime she brought the ball back to me she would drop it and give me a kiss. I never taught her that one!
Thanks for talking to me. I hope things go smoothly for you. |