When you live with someone with severe dementia, it often feels like you’re living in the movie Groundhog day. Or perhaps you’re trapped inside a long-running repetitious play.
One scene I don’t mind re-living day in day out is this one:
Ada: “How old I am?”
Nurse: “87”
Ada: “What?”
Nurse: “87!”
Ada: “EIGHTY-SEVEN?”
Nurse: “yes. 87.”
Ada: “EIGHTY-SEVEN!??”
Silence for a few moments, then...
Ada: “I though maybe forty or fifty, but EIGHTY-SEVEN?!!”
She shakes her head in disbelief.
A few minutes later, they have the exact same conversation again. Pause, repeat throughout the day. J
How lovely Al - whilst it comes across initially as a scene straight out of Seinfeld, there is also a tinge of sadness about it.. I love your posts about Ada!
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