"Where have you been?"
"Mom, I was in Arizona visiting Emily."
"How long were you gone?"
"One week."
"Is that all. I thought you were gone about 3 weeks."
I assured her I wasn't and I then started to tell her about my trip as I escorted her back to her room to help her shed 4 of the 5 layers of clothing she had on.
As I was taking her picture to show the layers of clothing she let me know what she thought about that!
In her room she showed me a bouquet of flowers and I noticed a tin of bear claws.
"Look what I got."
"Who are they from."
"I don't know. I have been trying to figure that out."
A couple minutes later she again showed me the flowers and we repeated the above exchange because oftentimes Mom may remember a detail later that she couldn't pull up just a minute before. Sure enough she said,
"Who's Traci?" (my sister)
"I don't know who Traci is."
However, later on in the morning she remembered Traci easily.
"Of course, I remember Traci."
So there you go -- the various windows of the Alzheimer's affected mind.
I spoke to the staff who said she did fine while I was away. Rachel, her 2nd shift caregiver said the first couple of days she was a little agitated, but then was her usual self. The activities gal gave me a run through of all they had done, and I could tell how much she enjoys Lily and all that Lily brings to the group.
I was pleased to know that Lily did ok while I was gone.
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