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With the passing of my great uncle Denny. I began to start to wonder if my mom was showing signs of either dementia or alzheimers. But then again I have been asking and expressing my concern about this with our family doctor for the past few years, only to have him tell me that its her meds that she takes that is causing the forgetfulness.
Back story is this I had moved to Virginia back some 20 yrs ago it seems now and when I was finally able to make the trip back home to see my family after the move. Her and my dad had to tell me that if she asks me things more than once its just cause she didnt remember asking the question the first time around. So fast forward last week my mom and daughter were talking and my daughter was looking at the article about her being the New Years Baby in the town she was born in back in 1997 mid Jan and my mother said she lived in Texas now she hadnt lived in Texas since I was around two yrs old cause our family would be moving to Ohio to be near my grams family. so my mother went ahead to find a job and to get settled first while leaving me with my grandparents. also during this visit my mother told my daughter that she was going to call my dad (who passed away due to cancer in May 2019) to see what he wanted to eat.
I gave my Aunt a call to speak with her and she let me know that my mother had forgetten that she returned a call back to her to arrange a visit from her and my grams. only for my mother to call her back 2 weeks later saying she was returning her call.
I am not looking forward to this next step but it has been taken, I contacted the nursing home to express my wishes to have her evaluated for testing for dementia/alzheimers.
this is one hardest things to face in my life right now knowing that this could be some of the last moments that she will remember us and that her memories will fade into the night
give me strength to help me help her through this transition
