Wolfman or Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Adoption day, Sweetie meets Tweetie. 

If I was to label the behavior patterns of Dementia, would I consider the fictional Werewolf or the infamous Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? Both are the hidden sides of the person who is suffering with Dementia. What can be done to prevent the negative side of the personality from coming out and causing stress and pain to their love ones that are caring for them?  

As we travel down this path, there are so many twist and turns as we go. No two days are alike, no behavior patterns are the same. The one thing at is the same is the heartache that we go through. I have found that as long as it is possible, I will let Sweetie act out her Dementia phase when it strikes her. I think she is known well enough that most of the neighborhood knows who she is and if they spend just a few minutes with her, she will in a short visit, move on to the next person, or walk down the street. Of course, I am in tow and watch her from as close a distance from her. There are the days when Dementia doesn't want me anywhere near her. It tries to get me to leave her alone, and that won't happen either. 

This morning I was reading Mathew and it was how Jesus was met two men possessed with demons. When they spoke to Jesus, they asked to be sent into a herd of pigs, and Jesus did just that. Then the pigs ran off a cliff and drown. Sometimes, I feel that Dementia is a demon and that it only comes out a certain times of the day. We call it sundowners. Could we put Sundowner in a class of demon? 

I was reading your remarks to yesterdays post, and there is that question that seems to never go away. Where is God when you need Him? I can't answer for you, but this I do know. God is here and I call Him my Driver. If you are looking for God to stop the world and heal your Love One, then are you telling God what to do? I have the same pain that all who read this blog have. My faith, my purpose, my whole world is now wrapped up in the woman that I love. Do I want her healed? Oh Hell Yes! At the same time, I must live seeking God's will for what is happening. If you were a fruit tree, what would your fruit taste like? Sweet or bitter? Are you drawing or pushing? Remember God is watching out for you too. 

There is a verse, you can look it up, it goes like this: We suffer so that we can comfort those who are suffering with the same thing that we are suffering with. Or something like that. Isn't that what I'm doing here? Life goes on, and for some of us, it means this, what we are suffering with right now. 

My Driver knows that what I say is true. For He sees my suffering, and knows that I need Him more today than yesterday. That is why I can get into the car, put on my cool sunglasses, and just relax as He pulls out of the driveway, puts it in drive, and off we go. On another Wild Ride to Dementia Town. Who knows who we will meet today, be on the look out, we're the one with our Shiny Side Up. I'll keep an eye out for you too, I'll know its you because you'll have your Shiny Side Up too. Don't forget, I Love Ya, and God Bless.