Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Grammie's memory

Grammie is losing her memory fairly quickly. It is quite hard to watch because she honestly is forgetting people that she sees often. She can't recall Dad's name and doesn't know he is her son. Her title for him? He is AJ's neighbor that comes and smells her flowers. (He always smells whatever flowers she has on the table.) She was asking AJ one weekend who I belonged to. AJ told her Scott and there was no recognition. Then she said that I was Maritza's sister. That brought recognition. I belonged to the neighbor who comes and smells her flowers.
Grammie does have a better memory at night which is weird. She'll remember all sorts of things and can even give me answers to the crossword puzzle. I had told Dad this, but he got to see it firsthand. On Saturday, he went down to be with Grammie and Pa. Grammie looked at Dad and said, "Jane thinks she's Blanche, but we both know better." Dad thought it was hysterical. After awhile Grammie looked at him and said, "Are you waiting to talk to Father?" Dad said, "In my mind I thought, Yeah Grammie, I've been waiting in the queue for an hour and 1/2 to talk to Pa."

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