What Happened To Our Mother?

Mother's mental deterioration seems to be speeding up. Her lucid moments are brief.

Last Friday afternoon I got a call from the care center, mother had gone outside and when they brought her back in she became very angry and aggressive, physically fighting with the nurses, even throwing things. I was an hour away so my son, Aaron, went over. She was sitting by the nurses station, pointing and yelling at the nurses. They'd given her medication, but it wasn't helping.

Mother wanted to go to the school next door, so Aaron walked with her. She tried the doors and when she found them locked, she became very anxious, hyperventilating and crying out. Aaron picked her up and she calmed down, he carried her back to her bed and she slept for a while.

Mother was wild again later, would not sit still. Nina tried to calm her. She hid her shoes, in hopes that this would keep her from going outside.

Even at 8 PM, after quite a bit of medication, she was still railing against "these people who had tried to restrict her from doing what she wanted to do, and of course she was not about to allow such thing". It was amazing to see how much energy she had and how well she was moving, yet not making much sense in what she said. Every so often she would look for her shoes, wanted to "go somewhere".

Mother could not understand why we were all so concerned. All she had done was go for a walk with Isis, to the church. (Isis is 2000 miles away).

Next day she was very restless again, but not aggressive. She received medication. Sunday she came to our house for dinner but wanted to go back to the clinic immediately after. However, she wanted me to know she liked being at the house.