I should post an update eh

[wolfrose]

I'm still in Vegas :D and loving my extended visit with my Aunt. Do not miss the snow at all. :p

A few things are going on right now that are a bit stressful.

I'm trying to get my oldest daughter to transfer out to Vegas to finish up school. She would be somewhere that her dad and I could come see her every so often or vice versa and we wouldn't worry as much about her.

My last grandfather is about to die. He has alzheimers and is in the last stages where he is doesn't want to eat much. In this stage they start losing the ability to swallow so they start refusing food. He is long past the point to where he even knows who anyone is. Very sad and very heartbreaking. My Aunt is dealing with letting go now. It's hard, really hard. He may last another month, six weeks at best. I'm very thankful that I can be here at this time and that I got to see him one last time as well. The man lived a very vibrant life. He knew Roy Orbison, they were friends growing up. That man had some good stories.

It's tax time...

Comments

[inannaliban.livejournal.com]

Hey hun, good to know you are alive and well.

Alzheimers sucks. Andrew's mother is in the final stages, and my daughter's paternal grandmother is in the early stages.

[gwenwolfrose.livejournal.com]

Alzheimers is one of the very worst things in the world and just might be the worst IMO. It's just horrible. HORRIBLE!

*hugs*

[puck48197.livejournal.com]

HUGS!!
My grandmother died of Alzheimer's, too, and I'm not sure, but my mom may be in the first stages of dementia.
I know what you're going through.

[gwenwolfrose.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* Thank you. I really can't think of anything more horrible than Alzheimers and a lot of people don't understand just how devastating it really is so it does help to know that there are some people on my flist who *do* understand. This isn't my first rodeo either, my great grandfather had it although he didn't make it to the last stages, he broke his hip and died of an infection before he got to the point on non communication and he actually knew who I was the last time I saw him.

[puck48197.livejournal.com]

We're going on Wed. to a Neurologist, for my mom's assessment. This I am NOT looking forward to, but it will be nice to know what the heck is going on with her!
Good luck - remember, you're NOT alone here!
HUGS!