[AT] O.T. - Alzheimer's follow up... - Portland countdown

[Gene Dotson]

    Farmer;
    So sorry to hear of the passing of your mother. Many of us are familiar 
with the care and demands of close ones in their final days and years. Life 
is for the living and you have a lot of living to do. Don't let the chores 
overload you now. Spend some good time with friends and maybe even 
procrastinate on a few things.

    Be looking for you at Portland.

                Gene



>    Just a follow-up on my post of July 22nd. A few days after posting that
> message my mother was moved to the South Central Indiana Hospice center in
> Columbus Indiana to be made as comfortable as possible as her life ended.
> She was expected to live only a few more days but it became two weeks. My
> sister came up from Pensacola and she, Diana and I pretty much "camped 
> out"
> at mom's bedside 24-7 for the two weeks until she passed quietly on the
> morning of the 4th of August. Her funeral will be tomorrow at 2 PM. I 
> would
> repeat my statement saying to get some help if you happen to be dealing 
> with
> an Alzheimer's patient at this time. Do not try to go it alone. The last 
> two
> weeks reminded me of the movie "Groundhog Day"... The Hospice center was
> terrific, period...