Mom was really out of it today. Her memory is deteriorating for sure. I got there around 11:30, right as lunch was being served. Rather than eating in the main room with everyone, Mom was in her apartment sitting at her table waiting to be served.
'Eating in your room today, Mom?'
"Well this is where they put me. They told me to sit right here, even though I have no idea what this place is."
I went and started the DVD player, and one of the nurses brought her food in. I sat down at the table with her while she ate. She was in a pleasant mood, just very confused. She kept talking about how everyone spoke in Spanish, and that she couldn't understand anyone because they speak Spanish all the time. I have never seen or heard any of the nurses speaking Spanish. Then there was this exchange:
"So when do my children go back to school?"
'Which children, Mom?'
"My children. You know, the ones I gave birth to."
'All your children are finished with school, Mom.'
"No they aren't. I know they need to go back to school soon."
'Which children are you talking about, Mom?'
"Well.... there's Missy. And Paula..." she paused for a long time struggling to come up with a name "and Kim." At that moment, I really don't think she knew who I was.
'What about your son, Mom?'
"Yes, I have a son. He's my first born. I have 4 children."
She also asks the same questions over and over... things like "So how was your day?", which she will ask several times, sometimes within 2 minutes of each other. Her short term memory appears to be almost non-existent sometimes.
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