Becca's Take on Random, One Word Wednesday

My dear friend Becca doesn't blog - she has both her hands full, but always takes time to stop by on Wednesday to share her story of caring for "the mom".  I decided to post her comments so more of you can meet her - she is joy all wrapped up in a beautiful person.

Here is her take on Random...

Random – to me is anything and everything. It amazes me the random things the mom has stored away in her long term memory bank. Mom can hardly carry on a conversation with you but she is an amazing 42 player. She was a professional banker back in the day and was really good with numbers. Not sure if that has anything to do with it or not.

She has a lot of memories from her childhood and we can get out old photos and she can tell me who is in the photos and where they were in the pics. You can show her current pics and she has no idea. It’s kinda scary how all of that works. Short term memory seems to be non-existent.

When visiting the mom in rehab daily, other residents try to talk to her. She knows many of them from the past but doesn’t want to have much to do with them even though she use to be the social butterfly.

Mom asks why she is in a nursing home with all these old people? Mind you mom is 82 and doesn’t realize she is like many of them. Her decline is frightening to me because her desire to get up and go has diminished. Sleeping the day away seems to be the routine except for the twice a day therapy.

Each day I try to bring her little dog Chloe to see her. It is strange to me and seems unfair that her dog and possessions are more important to her than the people that love her. Mom has always been all about “the stuff”.

Yesterday, I bought the mom two new lounge dresses to wear thinking she might get up out of bed and get out of her room. It probably won’t make any difference but she is like a child when she gets a present.

Our conversation was extremely one sided and she asked at least 10 times where she was and when she was coming home. Rehab does not think she is safe enough to leave the facility yet. They told me she races her walker and forgets how to use the brakes. Falling and breaking a hip is a huge concern.

When they tell her to slow down and take her time she gets distracted and starts looking into the other resident’s rooms stopping at each one to see what they are doing. Extremes must be part of it.

Well today is a new day that the Lord has made. Let’s see what He has in store for us. Remember to pray for the people affected by the tornado and mass destruction because they are much worse off than we are. Have a blessed day. Love yalls!