We all seem to have learned over the years that mom has a very good sense of humor though I have only came to know this when I returned from Thunder Bay and started to spend some time with mom and dad….
For the last three weeks or almost three weeks mom has been taking airecept and with it there are many of her life have changed for the good… which we are all very happy about… though we know that this is not cure but it is a helping tool… the one think I know is that she has not stopped talking since this medication has kicked in….
I don’t normally write about things that are going on in the house but Pat and I were talking this morning and realized that we have been experiencing mom’s sense of humor big time these days and I just wanted to share some of these with you….
On Monday Pat came for lunch like usual and as she was leaving she took her travelling back with her and told mom that she would not be at the house that night… that she had to go back to the convent after being away for a week… after kisses and hugs Pat left and I am sure she was not out to her car when Mom turned to me and asked if I was coming back up that evening… I said I didn’t think so why… well she informed me that if Pat was gone and I wasn’t coming back up she didn’t have any more to talk to…. I pointed out that dad and Roger would be there…. Ohhhh she said they don’t talk enough for her…
Yesterday was a day of mom being on the ball about everything… Pat once again came in for lunch… Roger was working that morning so they both were happy to see her come in… they had lunch and once again Pat was getting ready to go back to work… Mom asked her where she was going… and Pat told her she was going back to work for the Bishop… that is when Mom informed Pat that she was calling the Bishop and telling him that she wouldn’t be in to work because she had to stay at the house with her because she was alone and she was scared to be alone… Pat tells mom that she can’t be telling lies to the Bishop and mom came back with Yes I can if it means she was going to stay for the afternoon with her… Dad was standing behind mom busting a gut while this was going on…
Last night I went to visit since I was not there since Tuesday morning…before I continue this I have to say… that Roger, Carl, Flo and I still smoke and we do it in the back porch… just to set the stage here for this one… when I am alone with mom I don’t normally go out to smoke… but last night I had to talk to Roger who was out in the porch … we were there for about 10 minutes and out comes mom… it was not that warm out last night so I asked mom what she was doing outside… she announced that she decided after 12 years of not smoking that she was going to start… Roger handed her his smoke not thinking for one second that she would take it… but she stuck out her hand took the cigarette and took a drag off it… blow the smoke out and then laughed at him see I told you … then into the house she went… between being shocked and thought the whole thing was just too funny Roger and I had a good laugh only to have her come out with a box of pot of gold… of course Roger and I are not allowed to have these things but that was ok to her she wanted to share… until Dad came out to see what was going on… and as he came out we told mom that the lady that was in for Dad’s diet that afternoon said that he was not allowed to have any of those…. She closed up the box and put it under her sweat shirt so Dad wouldn’t see it and want any and as he was coming into the porch she passed him and went and hide the chocolates...
This is what we are dealing with each and every day… and that is not a complained that is for sure… I know that it is suppose to slow things down with memory lose but this airecept have brought back part of our mother that was lose for a long time… she smiles more… doesn’t stop talking when we are around… there is life in her eyes that had disappeared it is so nice to see a part of her come back… even if it is for a little while…
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