Just a part of life with Sweetie.

Yesterday is gone.

Here is some news. Sweetie no longer wears her glasses. That is also a step in her progression of this disease. She can't read, and what she sees is a mystery to me. I know she see, how well, that is the question. She still looks at the sky, see the contrails from the jets. Points out objects around us, watches TV, and all of that, so why do I worry? 

It just seems like just yesterday, I was forever trying to get her to take off her glasses when she would get into bed, worried that she would bend or break them. Now, she doesn't even put them on, or let alone remember that she has to wear them. 

Over the years, the things that she doesn't do, or wear would fill a library. It seems simple, and to a non watcher, the changes were not obvious. It was makeup, then her watch, ear rings. Remember the bouts about her wearing a bra? The episodes of sport bras, and then finding it easier to just go braless. From panties with liners, to pullups, from jeans to sweats, from shoes that have ties, to slip on. As we strip down to the necessities of life, it just makes it easier.

She still wears a "wedding ring" for how long, is anyone's guess. I'm hoping that it will stay with her forever. Like it is the only things that binds us together. It isn't, and I know that, it is just something I cling to. 

I've been giving Sweetie milk of magnesium to help her. Well, if finally worked. When I went to get her up, she was a terrible mess. Her, her cloths, and the bed. The only real answer was a shower. So, strip her down, and into the shower we went. After getting her rinsed off, and shampooed, I was washing her, when she went limp on me. Able to get her out, somewhat dried, pullups on, I put her back to bed. I don't know if it was a mini stroke, or just weak from not eating, still I worry, but I don't panic like when she did it for the first time. Funny isn't it, how quickly we adjust, it is now just a part of life with Sweetie.  

After she recovered, we had some breakfast, still not eating as she did just a week ago, and changing the bed, she went back to bed again. It seems to be her pattern now. Up for awhile, back to bed, up again, try to get her to eat, then back to bed, repeat. 

Keeping up with the CBD and even though she isn't awake as much, it keeps her waking time more enjoyable, she is so much more agreeable when she is on the oil. 

We're heading into switch back area, so Driver wants me to make sure I'm buckled up. As we drive through the mountains, and the roads become tricky, Driver just wants me to be safe while we're in this part of the trip. He knows the road will narrow, and have some blind corners to go around, and as long as I'm safe with Him at the wheel, we'll get through it all. For after all, we are on the Road to Dementia Town, Keeping our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv ya, and God Bless.