Such a sad day, my mom moved into a nursing home. I was against it for 9 months. That gave my mom 9 months of independence, privacy, and a pride in herself of being self sufficient. In the last 3 months her mind has really started to fail her tremendously and now she needed to move into a nursing home. The bad part is my siblings moved her to Coralville. Selection in the Cedar Rapids area were slim, and my sister lives in Solon, so thats the way it goes. I started giving her meds every morning on May 2, something I originally thought was going to be such a taxing endeavor, but in the end it was the greatest gift I could have received. I was able to see mom everyday, get her meds set up, make her breakfast, get her lunch ready for later, and most importantly spend time with her and had some real heart to heart talks. I will always hold onto those moments. So now the adjustment begins, for the first time Mom is not a few minutes from where I live, which she told me is the worst part of this move. I told her my family and myself would be down as much as we can. During a very emotional conversation last week, she was sitting in her chair and I was standing in front of her, she looked up at me and a tear rolled down her cheek and she asked me, Im not doing very good am I? Took everything I had not to lose it right then. Which I did when I got home. I told her worry ends where faith begins, and to put it in Gods hands. Alzheimers is such a cruel disease, to rob the mind in such a way. Sorry I know Im rambling, I just cant organize my thoughts today. Anyway please send prayers to my Mom, my hero, as she transitions to a new way of life.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 22:02:27 +0000
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