Mom is now wearing diapers. I bought her about four dozen undies, and hid them in different draws. Now we can't find one. Either she has thrown them away, flushed them, given them away..... or they had a pantie raid at American House. I know she could of ended up throwing them in the toilet because many times we had dig them out.
We all put our heads together and the best thing right now is having her in the pull-up diapers. They look like undies, and when she has any accidents they can easily be thrown away. I never thought I would see Mom in diapers, and I never thought she would wear them. Yesterday, when Tom and I went over to see her and bring some goodies and groceries that she needed she was not in her apartment. The aid came and asked us where she was and we got a little alarmed knowing they could not find her. The aid had helped her to get dressed and the last time she saw her was when she was in her apartment this morning changed back into her night gown. Someone came up with her soon and there was Mom strolling down the hallway laughing and excited to see us in her night gown. Thank goodness she had jogging pants on. I changed her into the outfit you are seeing her in the photo on this entry. I helped put her diapers on and she told me she loved her new undies. She explained how they looked very fancy that it looked like there was lace on them. I replied to her that she has fancy pants on. She got very excited and told me she was going to tell the girls to get me a pair. I had to hold down my laughter. Here I thought she would never be caught wearing them , and now she thinks they are so cool to wear.
Mom is on a new medication called Namenda, and it seems to be making her happy, and much more alert then she has been. Yes.. not seeing any anger issues. The only thing we do notice is that she has some boo- hoo moments... and we need to put some fat on her bones. We are so blessed to have another Christmas with her and we love her so much.
Mom loves her photos taken. She must think she is a movie star or a Princess. She will always look at the camera and give such a sweet smile .
This is Carl. He and Mom have a very sweet bond. He was Mom's hero and found her hurt in front of her apartment. She ended up with a broken shoulder. Carl went quickly downstairs riding his wheel chair but when he got to the main office for help, he forgot Mom's room number. Poor man, we treated him with a hero dinner and thanked him a million times for finding Mom like he did.
