Well another day, what a difference. Perhaps an improvement because of the vitamin B injections that Mum needs to have, or maybe just because! A few minutes sat on her doorstep watching the chickens and the ducks feeding them bread as she always used to do before this last severe stage. Then Mum came into my house for a cup of coffee, wanting toast also, devouring a Kit Kat. A marked contrast to 2 weeks ago when she didn't want t o eat ,particularly anything sweet.
Mum and Dad live in an annexe next to our house, they have completely separate living accommodation and over the past year dad has taken over all their cooking and household chores. Not bad for an 80 year old. I do help top up his shopping with ready made marks and spencer meals but he has become quite a connoisseur of cooking sauces!
We talked about going for a walk around to the local shop to get a paper but Mum was worried that I was going to take her on a boat and so changed her mind and didn't want t o come. Will try again later. It seems that this illness became noticeable in Sept 2008 after going on a cruise to the Norwegian Fiord's. A brief spell in hospital followed a 'passing out' not unconscious, aware of what was said around her but not responding to anyone.Various tests followed ...perhaps a small stroke or TIA it was thought, perhaps vascular dementia but as time has passed it is thought that it is Lewy Body dementia.