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You are overjoyed when results from the UA culture come back and it shows infection! So, the decline will continue but on a much slower pace than it appeared last week.
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You know you are a caregiver when you are typing a comment here and Mom says from the other side of the room. "It's not true dear I never said that" and you realize she is not as demented as you thought she was. Remind your self to change all the passwords.
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You know you are a caregiver when Mom makes change from the offering plate at church
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Or it is 80 degrees inside and you cannot cool down!

Why is it these old folks are such cold folks?!
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It's 20 degrees outside and you're dressed in shorts.
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You know you are a caregiver when Mom runs the bath and calls you to say it's time for your bath
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you know you are a caregiver...
.....when she kisses you like a long lost lover on both sides of your cheeks and says, "I'd be so lost without you", and you say, "Yes I know".

...or when they say "I'll never forget how good you are, you take such good care of me", isn't what you hear when you are trying to shower or wash her hair...

Happy New Year!
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Klepto, you bet...
when she was not diagnosed yet,
I would find my (upstairs) corning ware in her (downstairs) apartment complete with the glass lids.
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When you find one bite out of every cookie, you find in every pocket, along with the neat folded napkin that surrounds it, and she says, "I did not put that there" and "for what?" and means it...
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Micheledesocio----that is so my momma!
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Your Mom doesn't know where she is or what day it is but tells you how much she loves you everyday. Always a mom...
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You ask the caregivers in memory care if another resident is missing a stuffed siamese cat your mother has in her apartment. I visit 2-3 times a week, but has my mother become a kleptomaniac? There is something new every time I visit.
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You check her purse for stolen condiments before you leave the restaurant.
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Yes, what is this thing about throwing trash and everything else on the floor?!
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Cat, I almost hate to tell you, but you are missing out if you don't have a couple of rolls of t.p. In each room with the associated trash that rarely finds a trash basket.
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Napkins!!!!!!! On the table, under the table, under the pillows, in her coat pockets, on her nightstand, on her side table, in her purse .......napkins napkins everywhere!!!
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When you are disappointed the results of the UA show no infection: if it had you can attribute the recent behavior changes to something other than the decline caused by the disease.
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when you fall asleep at 9:30 pm on News years Eve.zzzzzzzz
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Or you can remember that speech verbatim, but have no idea where you put the car keys.
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you try to find President Eisenhower's speech on the television.
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Veronica, my mom was in the same place yesterday, asking who died...
Strange how the brain works, wonder how often there are commonalities like this? BIZARRE!
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You know you are a caregiver when you resolve to get your hair cut more than once this year
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You know you are a caregiver when you don't see the point in making New Year
resolutions
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When the funeral director sends Mom a birthday card. That one really did happen!
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When you say Happy New Year and she says Who just died?
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when you can't even enjoy the New Year Eve or your own Birthday!!!
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You got up at 5am and consider that "sleeping in"..
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You know you're a caregiver when one of your goals in life is discovering the source of the offensive odors.
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You know your a caregiver when you can't remember what day it is.
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You know the daily lineup for GSN..
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