Getting older is practically law, every day we get a little older, some reach an advanced age, others not so much, but old age does not come alone, often comes with different things, some more benevolent than others, there are certain ailments or conditions that come with old age and sometimes are more painful for those around the person than for the person who suffers from it, or at least that is my opinion, one of them is senile dementia.
My grandmother passed away last December at the age of 99, I loved her and admired her very much, but a few months before she passed away we began to notice that she was having some strange episodes and was a little more thematic than usual, so I talked to a neighbor who is a doctor and has known our family for many years and she confirmed what I suspected my grandmother had senile dementia, but what is senile dementia?
un síndrome -generalmente de naturaleza crónica o progresiva caracterizado por el deterioro de la función cognitiva (es decir, la capacidad para procesar el pensamiento) más allá de lo que podría considerarse una consecuencia del envejecimiento normal. Afecta a la memoria, el pensamiento, la orientación, la comprensión, el cálculo, la capacidad de aprendizaje, el lenguaje y el juicio.
a syndrome - usually chronic or progressive in nature - characterized by deterioration of cognitive function (i.e., the ability to process thought) beyond what might be considered a consequence of normal aging. It affects memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning ability, language, and judgment.
Now that I think about it, a few years ago, I do not know exactly how many that my grandmother had changed her habits, I had not given it much importance, but when I did some research on this, I found that it is one of the symptoms, to that I must add that she became exaggeratedly sensitive and cries a lot, sometimes for no apparent reason, plus many times she looked at us and the expression on her face tells me that she did not recognize us.
It is very, very hard to see someone you love and admire imagining stories in her mind and believing them to be totally true, to the point of believing that she killed a member of her family, a being who did so much in her life for herself and her loved ones, daughter, granddaughters and even great grandchildren, now is a being who is disoriented, afraid of the dark and not to mention the anxiety attacks that can start with hand movements and remain seated, to walking for many hours around the house.
The doctor told me at the time that this is just the beginning of a long road, that we had to be patient and attentive, as she could attempt against herself, so every day I prayed to God to fill me and my mother, who was very affected by this situation and suffers from heart problems and blood pressure, with much love and patience for who was full of the same and even more for us.
I know I am not the only one who has lived this experience and that is why I am writing these lines, because I know that very probably I will find people who are living this experience or have gone through it and will fully identify with what I have described here. I say goodbye with the greatest affection in the world. You are loved.
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