Gerry's (Zoe's mom) Alzheimer's has gotten worse. The rate of decline seems to be increasing. And as the decline increases the time spent taking care of her also increases. Some moments are better than others. But some times it is just her making like things are normal, when they are not. She can be talking like everything is normal and then ask when is she going home, forgetting that she lives with us. Or she will ask "Where am I sleeping tonight?" Then she is surprised when I show her her bedroom with all her clothes. When she is off she will come upstairs to sit with Zoe and will forget that her bedroom is downstairs or I can be with her in her bedroom, right under our bedroom, and she will ask where Zoe is and be surprised that Zoe is upstairs or that there is an upstairs. Sometimes she is surprised and relieved and other times she is overcome with emotion and cries realizing that something is terribly wrong but she doesn't know what it is. She still recognizes us. We dread the day that she doesn't. This has been hard on Zoe. It didn't help that her therapist's mom just died. She had Alzheimer's, too.

Zoe is arranging for some people to come in in the mornings and evenings. Hopefully Gerry will accept them and that will help with her care and give us a little time back. And it also doesn't help that Zoe is going to have surgery for her Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. She has it bad in both hands. She goes in for a MRI this afternoon. She has some apprehension about the MRI. Do check out the link.

So things are a little slower around here.