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Thank you for your kindness, compassion, and most importantly your support throughout this difficult journey. Your physical presence wasn't necessarily what we needed; your love, strength and caring was.

IN MOM'S MEMORY, to those of you who sponsored me for the Investor's Group Memory Walk...I walked 5kms on 18 June 2011 in the pouring rain, and cold weather. We were soaked and covered in mud. I raised $1176 to help THEM find a cure BEFORE WE REACH OUR GOLDEN YEARS. To find out if we were fortunate enough to reach our goal this year, go to:

www.alzheimer.ab.ca to check out the numbers.

Congratulations to all who participated in support of those who can no longer do so themselves. This disease could affect all of us at one point of our lives or another. The next time someone approaches you, wondering if you'll sponsor them, consider saying yes because it could be YOU or someone you love facing this devastating disease. Don't wait until it's too late.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

TWO Posts In One

My apologies for not posting yesterday.  Getting onto the computer is a bit challenging when I don't have my own :(  Oh well, I'm here now.

Let's see...yesterday was a pretty good day for Mom.  She was awake, alert and chattering again while I was there.  I stayed for nearly two hours and held her attention for pretty much the whole time.  She's still determined to fight and wants to get well.  As I said in an earlier post, I ask her almost daily and her response is always the same.  The only thing I can see right now that might give her any trouble is her ability to articulate her words.  Regrettably, it doesn't appear right now that she's doing very well in that aspect.  One can only hope that will change as things continue to progress.  She eats better at breakfast and lunch than she does at supper time...but then she always has.  She'd prefer to have a sandwich or bagel at supper time and a large lunch.  Sadly, that's not the way the hospital does it...lol  Meh, she'll adapt eventually.

Oh, one thing she did yesterday that she hasn't done in a long time is play our "Love You" game.  I have always said, "I Love You" and she always says, "I love you, too."  Then I'll reply, "I love you more!!!"  And she'll reply, "No, I love YOU more..."  And this can go on and on...while we giggle.  Up until yesterday, the I love you game would end at my saying I love you more.  Yesterday when I left, she replied, "No, I love YOU more!"  What a pleasant surprise that was to hear!!!  I'd have to say that was definitely a step in the right direction that she's remembering our little game.  It might be a silly, little game, but it's something that I've noticed that's coming back to her.  :)

Today was another relatively good day, although she did begin to get a headache again.  Seems she gets lots of those - but then again, she always did get a lot of them.  We managed to get some acetaminophen and she was okay, for a while.  And, she was ready for a nap!  That's okay though, I was able to get nearly two hours of visiting time in with her (again) before she wanted to nap.  The visits are getting longer and her periods between nap-times are getting further apart.  Hopefully, that's also a good sign.

Otherwise, I really don't have too much to say...but then again, I guess I've said enough...yeah, yeah...for those of you who know me well, you`d be inclined to think I`m full of hot air anyway...hahahaha

Have a great night...more tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by... xoxo
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