Sorry about not blogging consistently. Some days a topic or situation comes up that I feel like passing on and sometimes nothing comes up.
I went to a small reunion of football players from Wichita Falls on Saturday and Jan stayed with Kami and she has always enjoyed being with her. This day seemed different. She was very nervous about things, even crying. Sometimes when I deal with this on a day to day basis, I forget to take what is happening and go look at the different stages of Alzheimer's to see if it is a symptom. In the later stages of this disease it goes to severe decline and then very severe decline. In those stages these are some of the symptoms: suspicion, trouble talking, motor skills declining, needing assistance with hygiene, dressing, etc. Jan experiences all of these symptoms and it requires learning to deal with each. The suspicion one is hard to notice, but it is present when I am in the next room or on the phone with someone. She seems to be curious about what I am doing, as though it's something I shouldn't be doing. She has had the problems with speech for quite some time, but it is getting worse. When taking her pills now and we use Ginger-Ale. This has really helped her for some reason. I think it's the high carbonation. I will post a picture from this last week and she looks good in this picture. Thanks for your prayers and encouragement.
Glad you got to go to your reunion. What a blessing to see some of your longtime friends. That picture of Jan and Max is a good one. Linda L.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your postings. I have always wanted to know how things were going but felt it was intrusive to be asking alot. You guys are in our thoughts and prayers on a regular basis. Give Jan a hug for me and know I'm heart broken for both of you but so thankful that you guys are a part of our friendships.
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