January 23. 2011

  On this Tuesday, January 25th, it will be 1 month since Mom had her stroke and she started her downward path in this disease called alzhiemers.  Today has seen changes in Mom's condition.  She is now unresponsive and doesn't even show any signs of discomfort when I have to move her.  Her breathing has become very labored.  We just rolled her onto her side and she is still breathing heavy but, it seems to be a little less labored.  You know when I started into this with Mom somehow I never really thought about what it would be like when things like this happened.  I think I probably pushed it to the back of my mind knowing that I had enough to deal with at the time and that I would think about all that when the time came.  Well, the time is here and we are dealing with it the best we can. I will honestly say that I would never go into this field of work.  I am really so thankful for all the input everyone has put into the Honoring Martha segment of this whole journey.  It is so helpful now and I know that all of us will find great comfort in reviewing them over the months to come.  Goodnight to all and I'll be back tomorrow come what may.