Yesterday morning my husband asked Iva if we were going to fight all day over the "force feeding" of her dog again. There was no answer. That put off the feeding squabble till almost 2:00pm.
What we have discovered is this precious little dog prefers to eat at supper time and not before. It just kills Iva to have an hour go by when her doggie isn't eating. How long has she been making this dog eat when little Poopsie didn't want to?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Thunder storm, Confusion and just plain Stubborn
Here in the valley we had one heck of a rainstorm during the night. Or so they tell me, I slept through it.
Iva claims her little dog is terrified of the thunder and lightening but I suspect, in fact, it is Iva who is terrified. My husband awoke during the night to the sound of the 'front door' closing. Iva takes her little dog out the back door always, where there is a fence and she and the dog are both relatively safe.
Out the front door, is danger for both of them. Iva would likely get lost and Mitzy is a good candidate for a coyote midnight snack. Apparently the noise of the thunderstorm, so disoriented Iva that she found the closest door and went outside. My husband, Arnold, also noticed the security light on the side of the house was ON so she had ventured out all the way out across the garage. Anyway, several steps. They were both lucky that no harm came to them.
What it boils down to is now we cannot leave her alone, at all.
Iva claims her little dog is terrified of the thunder and lightening but I suspect, in fact, it is Iva who is terrified. My husband awoke during the night to the sound of the 'front door' closing. Iva takes her little dog out the back door always, where there is a fence and she and the dog are both relatively safe.
Out the front door, is danger for both of them. Iva would likely get lost and Mitzy is a good candidate for a coyote midnight snack. Apparently the noise of the thunderstorm, so disoriented Iva that she found the closest door and went outside. My husband, Arnold, also noticed the security light on the side of the house was ON so she had ventured out all the way out across the garage. Anyway, several steps. They were both lucky that no harm came to them.
What it boils down to is now we cannot leave her alone, at all.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Living with Aunt Iva and Alzheimer's
We didn't know it was Alzheimer's when we traveled to Kansas City, where Iva lived. Her friends had asked again and again for us to come and visit her for an extended stay. That means don't just drop in, take her to lunch and leave. But spend the night. Spend several nights. See what goes on in this house.
Our approach up to now had been give her a couple of hours while in town and hopefully eating out would take up most of the two hours. Her friends, though, were reporting extreme behavior regarding the big stack of mail her postman brought each and every day. Most of it was one sweepstakes or another. My husband was on her checking and savings account but we had respected her privacy and not checked on what she was doing with her money.
With all the concern from her friends, we investigated her accounts. What a shock to find she was spending about $2,000.00 per month in the money she was sending away to every possible scam. "Just mail this back and we'll enter your name in our drawing. You may win $50,000.00", or more, much more.
Can we sue Publisher's Clearing House and Reader's Digest? And if not, why not? They are the ones that made her feel the others were perhaps legitimate.
To make a long story short, she is now living in our house with us. II will try to add to this blog each day. It may be what keeps me sane. If that is now possible.
Our approach up to now had been give her a couple of hours while in town and hopefully eating out would take up most of the two hours. Her friends, though, were reporting extreme behavior regarding the big stack of mail her postman brought each and every day. Most of it was one sweepstakes or another. My husband was on her checking and savings account but we had respected her privacy and not checked on what she was doing with her money.
With all the concern from her friends, we investigated her accounts. What a shock to find she was spending about $2,000.00 per month in the money she was sending away to every possible scam. "Just mail this back and we'll enter your name in our drawing. You may win $50,000.00", or more, much more.
Can we sue Publisher's Clearing House and Reader's Digest? And if not, why not? They are the ones that made her feel the others were perhaps legitimate.
To make a long story short, she is now living in our house with us. II will try to add to this blog each day. It may be what keeps me sane. If that is now possible.
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