t’s been several years, now, but I’ve never forgotten the story. A then 58-year-old Minnesota woman had been diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer’s. She was, in most aspects, still doing well. But one day she got in her car and drove west on the Interstate. No one will ever know why. She got stuck off a road in Wyoming, left her car and set out on foot. She didn’t get far. Searchers found her body not far from her vehicle. Since then, I’ve read many stories about people with Alzheimer’s wandering from home. Most are elderly, because age is a risk factor for AD. Some are found reasonably soon. Others are found too late.
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You are right, or at least it seems so. My heart is with you.
Carol
Posted by: Carol Bradley Bursack | Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 05:55 AM
It is Heartbreaking to see a loved one suffering this horrible disease. When they are o loger in the here and now but what to see someone who has already passed or beg you to take their life you realy would like to be able to grant their request and keep them from suffering but of course you just have to waTch them suffer till the end. There are times it is worse For the one watching.
Posted by: Donna Hoisington | Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 05:51 AM