I Hope You Know You’re Fodder For A Book Someday
This manuscript is posted in its entirety. It’s the story of my husband’s and my 15-yr-journey with Alzheimer’s Disease. Through 14 years we had various supports and did all right. But in year 15, disaster struck. This book focuses heavily on that final year. It isn’t a fun read. That said, it’s a story that is still happening and needs to be told. My hope in posting it is to help create positive change in many areas concerned with dementia patients’ and their families’ journeys. Here’s one beta reader’s feedback.
“Well, it’s not easy reading but the writing is so engaging and the pacing is such that I read it compulsively. …What can I say? It’s overwhelming.”
–Caroline Woodward, author Singing Away The Dark
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TWELVE
Respite Six months ago, I applied for a two-week respite stay for Bill at Yucalta Lodge. Respite stays at Yucalta have to be booked by Case Managers six…
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THIRTEEN
Disaster At the beginning of April 2016, Stephanie and I decide we all need more room, so we contact a realtor and go looking for a place with…
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FOURTEEN
Week One After breakfast, Bill’s cousin packs up his things and leaves. And I go back to the hospital. It’s 9:30 when I walk into Bill’s room on…
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FIFTEEN
Downs and Ups Day eight. After lunch we walk, and today’s security guard doesn’t bother following us at all. He waits by the nurses’ desk and chats with…
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EIGHTEEN
Roller Coaster I’m at the hospital when Dr. S arrives. He asks Bill, who is curled up in bed with his head buried in the covers, if he’s…
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TWENTY
Behind Locked Doors My time at the hospital has been limited for a week. Shovelling snow has gotten to me. A pinched nerve in my back. But I…
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