What Happened To Our Mother?

Mother doesn't usually get up till after 8 AM, but this morning I found her at the top of the stairs just after 7 AM. She could barely move and needed help to sit down. The 7 AM dose of her Parkinson's medication had not yet taken effect. We've asked her repeatedly to please wait in bed until the medication takes effect, to avoid a fall, but she doesn't remember.

Two days ago she felt dizzy while watching TV. She wanted to lie down, but didn't think she could make it to her bed. She could have called us to come help (she always carries her phone in her pocket), but instead she made her way stiffly up the stairs and asked Jason to put her to bed. He took her carefully back down to her room.

When I asked her why she made the trek up the stairs instead of calling us to help her take the short walk to her room, she said all she could think of is that she wanted company.

Yesterday evening she came upstairs asking to be put to bed again. She had gone to bed a couple of hours earlier, so I asked what was wrong. She said she couldn't remember where her room was, as we questioned her further she admitted she was afraid.