Archive for September 2nd, 2007

Through all the challenges of living with Alzheimer’s, I feel the most difficult is dealing with people who continually say, “He seems OK to me.”

Yes, he walks and talks and never fails to say thank you for every occasion.

He vividly remembers details from his childhood and about to the 90′s.

But when you doubt his situation, come to our house for a day – watch him try to function.

Watch him try to find the coffee mugs
Watch him try to find the fridge
Watch him go in circles when you tell him to look beside the unseen microwave
Watch him unable to find a room he wants
Watch him put on his leather winter boots in summer
Watch him come from the bedroom, unshaven, unwashed, un -brushed
Watch him put 3 shirts on
Watch him set the cutlery on the table
Watch him try to use the cutlery
Watch him feed the cat several times in a row
Watch him slumped in his chair in despair

Watch him and then tell me again, “He seems OK to me.”