Gary’s shared linksStratford, NJ, USA Last Wednesday, August 20, marked 1 year and 9 months since I began taking care of my grandmom. But, due to the trifecta of laziness, the Olympics, and another hospitalization, I’m late in posting my monthly recap. And, unfortunately, the fact that this is the most negative post I’ve written in a [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Nana | Leave a Comment »
VOORHEES, NJ, USA So, we’re back in the hospital. My grandmom fell out of bed sometime early Saturday morning, between 5am and 11am. Unfortunately, I didn’t hear her fall immediately, so she had to lay there for a little while. I know there wasn’t really much I could do, short of moving my bed into [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Nana | 1 Comment »
STRATFORD, NJ, USA I haven’t posted much recently, mostly because I haven’t had much to talk about. But today marks 20 months since I moved in with my grandmom, so I’ll do my usual little monthly update about her life and mine. Nana My grandmom, quite frankly, is not doing very well. Although the back [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Nana, Posts with Pictures, Random | Tagged: birds, signs, weddings | 4 Comments »
STRATFORD, NJ, USA So, yesterday marked a year and a half since I moved back to New Jersey, and today marks a year and a half since I became my grandmom’s caregiver. For most of the past 18 months, I’ve tried to use the “anniversary” date each month to provide a little update/recap of life [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Nana | 1 Comment »
WASHINGTON, DC, USA I can’t believe it’s only midnight. It feels so much later. I guess that’s because I got up at 5:30 this morning to clear a clogged toilet and make my weekly 4-hour commute. Since I feel like I have all this extra time at my disposal (I usually go to sleep [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Links, Nana | 4 Comments »
STRATFORD, NJ, USA I’m sorry that I haven’t posted anything for a while. I’ve just been lazy. And, recently, I’ve had a lot more free time to do things outside of the house. As of today, it has been 15 months since I moved back to NJ to watch my grandmom full-time. But I haven’t [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Nana | Leave a Comment »
STRATFORD, NJ, USA I’m a little late in posting this month’s “anniversary” post about life with Nana. If I would have posted it on the 19th (the true “anniversary”), I would have said that not much is new. However, two days later she landed back in the hospital with more heart problems. (Apparently, potassium is [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Nana | Leave a Comment »
STRATFORD, NJ, USA So, the new year have begun. And it’s not messing around! This year is only about a week old, and it is already bringing some medium-sized changes: my grandmom has come home from her stay in the hospital and in-patient rehab, my mom has begun a new job, and we have hired a live-in caregiver to watch [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Nana | Leave a Comment »
STRATFORD, NJ, USA I got back from my weekly jaunt to DC last night. Since I was busy with work, I’m a day late in writing my monthly reflection on life with my grandmom. So, I’ll write it now. The 13-month “anniversary” is different from the others for a couple of reasons: I spent it [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Nana, Posts with Pictures, Washington, DC/Silver Spring, MD | 4 Comments »
STRATFORD, NJ, USA If I had posted this 36 hours ago, the dateline above would have read “Washington, DC.” If you haven’t heard yet, I’ll break the good news now: I’m back to work!!! Two consecutive days per week, I am working in my old office in Washington, D.C., doing almost the same job I was [...]
Filed under: alzheimers, Life, Nana, Travel, Washington, DC/Silver Spring, MD, Work | 2 Comments »
