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Early on she'd forget recent events, a few months ago she started asking if her husband had died and when. This past Monday she started asking about her mother who died over two decades ago. The best analogy I can come up with is an onion is being peeled away and that she's losing more memories going back deeper in time.
I keep seeing further declines. While for about two weeks it seemed as if she had a bit more energy we're back to less energy and more confusion. She kept asking me on Sunday why i didn't come with people. I have no idea what she meant but my brother avoided her for a week due to the flu, so maybe a poor way of asking about him.

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Alzheimer’s is both progressive and individual, no two people experience it exactly alike. Your analogy isn’t bad. Learn all you can, there are great books and resources through Alzheimers.org. I have amazing memories of my aunt’s journey through Alzheimer’s, she lost remembering me fairly soon, but when she knew no one at all and was mostly non verbal, she attended the church service at memory care. There she sang every song word for word, no prompting or written word needed. The mind is both sad in what it loses and amazing in what it keeps. I’m sorry you’re in this place with your mother and wish you both peace
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