My Mom

[Guest guest]

To Anyone Who Cares;

I'm new to this disease. Well, fairly new. My mother began her

problems last March(2003). She was telling us of the parade that went

past her house. She does live on a busy highway, but people on horses

in togas, some in the trees letting down yellow streamers and than as

quickly as they are released, drawling them back. We had her go to

the emergency room supecting a stroke. Lots of test were done and she

was set back home.

We took turns staying the night with her. That was were things got

weard! She would be up at night, telling us of what (we affectionaly

call the " tree people " ) they were doing. Her decriptions are so

vivid, but we knew not to question her. Time went on and we noticed

she would spend hours in her sunroom looking outside. She lived

alone. My father has been gone since 1990. I became alarmed when I

found out from the neighbors that she was 'playing games' with them

and taking food out for them to eat. She called the police several

times to have them see that they were invading her property and

setting up survilance cameras around her place. She started to become

frighted and crossed the four lane highway once to get away from one

of the 'tree people' who had a gun and was in her house.

We then had her admitted to the adult unit at the city hopital

near where we live. They had her in and out for a month, then

suggested she should go into assisted living. It has been so hard.

Mom made me power-of-attorney, just financial, but I find a lot of

the responsibility has fallen on me. I'm the next to the youngest of

six children.

Her closeness to these people is unreal.(Of course, they had to

move to the nursing home!)I fear that she will go further into this

world and cease being a part of mine.

I recently signed up with your e-mail group and my box is full of

messages you have written to one another. Please give me time to

clear them and then write to me. Your ideas and experiences will

help, I'm sure. Or you can contact me the old fashion way at

Hannah

60 Stonybrook Dr.

town, OH 45121

If I could record Mom's experiences, it would make a fascinating

book!

Thanks for letting me vent!