Mom Update

The deterioration continues but in fits and starts. I'm pretty sure that even on her best days she no longer recognizes me as me. A couple of times she has called me dad, at least when she could still talk, which isn't much anymore, and not in sentences or thoughts. This makes me believe my cousin, she told me she had a picture of my grandfather from the military and that he looked a lot like me. Strangely enough, my aunt, her sister, died a month or so ago. Even though she had terrible emphysema, I thought she would outlive my mom. I still visit, but the visits aren't usually long or frequent. All I can do is watch her continue to fail until she dies. Terrible and depressing.