Went visiting today again,
This time we met in my dad's cousins house his name is Austin,
His mum and dad were there (the ones with Alzheimers)
Charlotte (my dads other cousin/ Austins sister was there to)
And all their kids and 1 grandchild,
My big sis had brought all her kids with her, i just had Jade as Natalie was recovering from being out on Sat night for her birthday,
She said she will come the next time,
My young sis came today to,
We all sat down to trays of sandwiches,sausage rolls,cakes and biscuits and gallons of tea ,
I sat next to Charlie and Mary (the mum and dad)
I didn't speak to them much they were too busy eating and i was gobsmacked the amout of food they put away,i wondered if this had anything to do with the Alzheimers? Did they forget they just had a sandwich so continued to eat them?
The mum ate about 3/4 slices of cake one after another and it was at this point Charlotte said to Austin "Take that off her she will make herself sick"
I was laughing because at one point the mum glared at her husband and said "They are for THE people" talking about us because he was stuffing a sandwich in his gob ,
The mum asked Charlotte (her daughter) a few times who we were and she had to explain,charlotte would look at us and roll her eyes and laugh,
I even heard the mum ask Austins wife who we were?
The mum did ask me at one point who was in my papa's house as she had seen it was up for sale (my grandparents have been dead for years)
It is a shame and i think you must need some patience when dealing with someone with Alzheimers, i found out today the mum has had it for the past 10 years and the dad has just recently been diagnosed with it but he has dementia as well as that ,
I didn't know you could get both?
Found out Alzheimers is a slow progressing disease where as dementia is sudden,
The mum and dad still have their own house and Charlotte goes up every day and takes them to their doctors/hospital appt or the lunch club and just makes sure they are okay (that's dedication for you)
She said she doesn't know how much longer they will be able to stay in their own house the more muddled up they get,
the dad got up during the night a couple of weeks ago and fell cutting his eye quite badly that he needed stitches,it has healed now but still there is always the worry it can happen again,
Teri and Jade loved Charlotte so much so Teri asked to stay with her and it has been arranged for teri and jade to go stay with her in a few weeks time ,
My big sis has arranged for me and a load of girls to go out next Saturday for a meal and some dancing for my birthday so Charlotte is coming to that, i am looking forward to it,it should be a good laugh xx