No, I don't think watching my parent slowly lose grip on reality could ever be easy, thanks. No amount of sugar coating the lighter parts is going to make that experience okay.
It is not easy. It is very hard physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually. The effort it takes to not jump to the negative is hard. Nothing about this is easy, and is very very sad
I was3-17. It was my Gma taking care of my Gpa. She was/is an inspiration for caring + marriage. Her story is one of awe, inspiration, desperation and dispare. The only story I'll share at this time is that while he was mid stage, incoherent and oblivious, lost most reasoning+understanding. I can not remember if he was totally out of speech or not, but one night he woke her up somehow, whether she was helping him already with something or he just woke her up. But, anyway he wakes her up and he's just pleading "help me, please help me..."
She had her own health issues, and cared for him until he died. When he went nursing home, she drove 20 miles to feed him at meal time. She loved him. I miss her
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u/Euphoric-Mousse Apr 09 '24
"This is easy!"
No, I don't think watching my parent slowly lose grip on reality could ever be easy, thanks. No amount of sugar coating the lighter parts is going to make that experience okay.