Readers Comments
brighteyes wrote: Wonderful story....wonderful husband....believe me I can sympathize as my Nana has this terrible disease for >15yrs before she passed, her sister, my Aunt did too.....it's my Mom's worst fear....hopefully there will be a breakthru soon.
It does feel like a miracle when they break through the fog and remember you and you can connect again....
Bless you for visiting and hopefully she will not progress too quickly so there will be bright spots of remembrance with each visit!
It does feel like a miracle when they break through the fog and remember you and you can connect again....
Bless you for visiting and hopefully she will not progress too quickly so there will be bright spots of remembrance with each visit!
lmil1954 wrote: JuneBug thats a sweet sweet story. And God bless your hubby. Funny some of the things Altzheimers pts do remember or "associate", when I visited my gram with altzheimers she said I dont believe we've met, when I said It's me, Linda...she said "are we in Brooklyn?" Truth was we were in Florida and I hadnt seen her in a good ten years-many years after I left Brooklyn. Love ya JuneBug thanks for bringing backa sweet memory to me!
tsholofelo wrote: I bet she recognised it. I love music too, and I can imagine people around him. Wow!
Kitty wrote: Alzheimers is the cruelest of diseases. My grandfather was one of the earliest to be diagnosed about 30 years ago when no one had ever heard of it. My parents urged me not to make the trip from the west coast to the east coast to see him after he had suffered from it for 12 years and was wasting away to death. They told me I would rather remember him as he was, not as he was now. My memories of Paw Paw are intact and happy but I still think even if he didn't remember me he would have died knowing my love if I had just been there to hold his hand for a while. I miss him. He was a teacher and mathematician and loved technology and I know he would love computers and ipods and PDAs and I think about him every day as I use these things in my own life. He was a brillaint and kind man and I know he is still with me every day.
katlampi wrote: Thank God for patient people like you and your husband! Even if Gladys could not recognize the sentimental value of the music, I am sure the nursing home residents appreciated your husband's beautiful music, as well as the presence of such caring individuals! God Bless!
babes wrote: Gladys might not recognize it, but deep within her, she knows it her son playing that song....god bless for patient people like you...
loretta wrote: That certainly is a tough illness to deal with. Though she may not remember, it can still touch her heart in other ways. The tune may of sounded good to her and maybe brand new to her ears. It is good she has the two of you to visit her.
