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Spunky died at about the tiaret had wanted to get another dog right away Dad said no, and it wasn’t because he didn’t want another fa care of me was all he could handle My sister knew that and added oneOne et you anything before I leave?" I asked Moo

"You just got here," she said accusingly

Actually, I’d been with her for over an hour "I need to get back to the shop and then hoently as I could Fronize either

"Will you come tomorrow?"

I nodded I’d aret to visit Before I left, I hugged her and made sure she was comfortable I handed her the ree show, one with a woman on the bench

As I stepped into the hallway, Rosalie Mullin, the staff nurse who gave Mom her insulin injections, passed ars been?" I asked, re that she said she’d skipped lunch A cracker with a bit of tuna could hardly be considered a ood" She paused, then said, "The diabetes is under control" Her eyes held mine

Rosalie’s hesitation told me she had other concerns "There’s another problem, isn’t there?"

She nodded "Perhaps we should talk in my office I can be there in five minutes"

I took the elevator to the bottom floor, where I waited outside Rosalie’s office She seeht have been due to my nervousness Each minute felt like at least ten

Without a word, Rosalie ushered me into her office She sat behind her desk and motioned to the chair on the other side With a lue of the cushion

Already I could feel the beginnings of a headache Probably because of the brain tu, and they can last for days It’d been months since I had one and I chose to believe that this was a sinore the nausea and dizziness

"I’d been planning to call you and your sister," Rosalie said She reached for a file from the stack on her desk and opened it "I’ve asked the assistants to keep tabs on youra lot of ns of paranoia She was reacting badly to the Aricept, so the doctor took her off He warned round quickly and she has Unfortunately, one of the symptoms of this sort of decline is lack of appetite"

My first inclination was to defend Mo to do with losing both Helen and Joyce in such a short time I don’t think I’d want to eat, either"

Rosalie agreed with me "To a point, that’s true However, I’ve started to notice other signs"

"What do youearly symptoms of Alzheih I couldn’t verbalize it, even tothem to her?" I said

"We can do that, of course," Rosalie assured e after a certain nu to say isn’t about youror her diabetes" Her eyes were sy when her needs will exceed e have to offer her"

My ht froesting a nursing ho my mother in one washome," Rosalie told me "A memory care facility"

"Me

"They’re wonderful for people like your reater level of individual care, and the environment is more controlled I’d recommend that you and your sister visit a few, talk to the staff, get a feel for each place I can give you information on three of them" She opened a drawer, removed a file and handed me a sheet with names and addresses "I’uarantee that Mrs Hoffman would be well looked after"

"Thank you," I said shakily as I stood My eyes had started to water and I wasn’t sure if it was because of the light or my emotions Probably both

By then I knew I needed to get home as quickly as possible I don’t usually talk on ency At least it felt like one My first call was tooff work

"Hi, sweetheart," he said as he answered "Where are you?"

"Driving I probably shouldn’t be," I said, hardly able to function now as raine"

"Your medication’s at the house?"

"Yes" At one time I carried it with me, but after all these ht once I’m home," I said "I should have asked the nurse for a painkiller, but it didn’t enter my mind"