My sister called about my mother

[wildthing]

She called to tell me that she is going to start my mother is hospice care.  This was two years ago on her birthday. Yes I am a mama's boy. 

[J3st3r]

Moms are so awesome. Love my mom with all of my heart and soul.

My mom is a "gamer", she plays the MMO game Perfectworld. She used to play World Of Warcraft but she's not very good at the PVP stuff and her arthritis makes it hard to jump around and stuff.     

[bds1961]

That’s fantastic.   My mother is going through Louis body Dementia.   Physically she is in great shape mentally not so.   Not sure what’s harder.  Having a parent in hospice or watching the person they were disappear while still there.   Enjoy every minute you can with her.  We have no guarantees 

[LilAcorn]

so sorry to hear about her having to use hospice. 

[J3st3r]

@bds1961 Dementia is much much much worse. My grandmother had Dementia for the last 16 years of her life and it was absolutely HORRIBLE. She showed signs of Alzheimer’s back when she was in her early 70s but was diagnosed with Dementia when she was 80 years old. I came to tears literally every time I went to visit her. About 6 years before she passed away she forgot my name and that I was her grandson.

I always stayed with Grandma on the weekends and went to church with her and pap every Sunday until I was 14.    

She was 96 years old when she passed away but I do not ever want to live through something like that again. It was by far the hardest thing to witness as it progressively got worse and worse.                

[wildthing]

5 hours ago, J3st3r said:

@bds1961 Dementia is much much much worse. My grandmother had Dementia for the last 16 years of her life and it was absolutely HORRIBLE. She showed signs of Alzheimer’s back when she was in her early 70s but was diagnosed with Dementia when she was 80 years old. I came to tears literally every time I went to visit her. About 6 years before she passed away she forgot my name and that I was her grandson.

I always stayed with Grandma on the weekends and went to church with her and pap every Sunday until I was 14.    

She was 96 years old when she passed away but I do not ever want to live through something like that again. It was by far the hardest thing to witness as it progressively got worse and worse.                

My mother has both of these and is slowly going away. She has now forgot my name but remembers my voice.

[BlackRose]

[J3st3r]

10 hours ago, wildthing said:

My mother has both of these and is slowly going away. She has now forgot my name but remembers my voice.

 

Damnit @wildthing ya got me all tearing up again. Cherish and remember the brief moments of Clarity. Her eyes will light up like the brightest star. Even as bad as my grandmother got toward the end, there were brief moments when some deeply suppressed memory came to light and she would get all excited.

My grandmother was a bit of a sassy red head, (being an O'brien from Ireland that is to be expected lol) but she was the kindest and most caring person that I have ever known.         

[WeednFeed]

Sad days watching our loved ones deteriorating!
 

Prayers for everyone going through or has gone through these sad times.

Wayne 

[AbuXI]

On 7/1/2023 at 3:03 PM, wildthing said:

My mother has both of these and is slowly going away. She has now forgot my name but remembers my voice.

I'm sorry to hear this but unsurprisingly, like your mum, that voice is one none of us will ever forget