Frozen
My grandparents were here in December.
I wrote about them.
Yesterday, my aunt emailed me, just needing a place to vent.
My grandma seems to be spiriling into that black abyss of alzheimers faster than anyone predicted.
She leaves her apartment and goes down to the lobby to 'people watch' and then can't remember how to get back to her apartment.
She can't find the laundryroom nor get back without help.
And she's still driving.
My grandpa is in denial mostly. He said to me while he was here that he has her "trained" to drive just to the temple and back, so she doesn't get lost. That scares me.
Who can train an alzheimers victim?
My grandpa also says that she pretty much faked her entire visit... meaning she couldn't remember anyone... but would smile and talk with them, and then after they'd leave she'd ask my grandfather who they were.
She doesn't even remember she was here.
She thinks they just got home from their mission.
I think they got home from their mission probably 8 years ago? I'll have to ask my parents.
It makes me sad.
and scared that it could happen to me.
I just want to go back to a few years ago, when she hadn't started losing memories... and freeze time.
I wrote about them.
Yesterday, my aunt emailed me, just needing a place to vent.
My grandma seems to be spiriling into that black abyss of alzheimers faster than anyone predicted.
She leaves her apartment and goes down to the lobby to 'people watch' and then can't remember how to get back to her apartment.
She can't find the laundryroom nor get back without help.
And she's still driving.
My grandpa is in denial mostly. He said to me while he was here that he has her "trained" to drive just to the temple and back, so she doesn't get lost. That scares me.
Who can train an alzheimers victim?
My grandpa also says that she pretty much faked her entire visit... meaning she couldn't remember anyone... but would smile and talk with them, and then after they'd leave she'd ask my grandfather who they were.
She doesn't even remember she was here.
She thinks they just got home from their mission.
I think they got home from their mission probably 8 years ago? I'll have to ask my parents.
It makes me sad.
and scared that it could happen to me.
I just want to go back to a few years ago, when she hadn't started losing memories... and freeze time.
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