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[quote=Anonymous]It takes WAYYYYY longer than one could possibly imagine. I thought my mom was knocking down deaths door after a fall last summer. We think it was triggered by a brain bleed (her third). She’s in late stage dementia where she’s been ever so excruciatingly slowly declining. It’s been absolutely horrible to watch and there’s no end in sight. She gets great care in memory care, supplemented by private pay overnight care. If her care wasn’t to the level it is she’s probably be gone by now. I struggle with that every day because I love her so much, don’t want to keep her alive indefinitely but also don’t have the heart to reduce her care- without an oveenight sitter she’d probably fall the first night. The body is stronger than one would think. For me, it’s an ice pick into my soul. I’ve been watching her slowly die for about three years now. Her brain has been almost gone for about a year. [/quote]
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