The cruel disease that has taken my young mother's mind

My mother’s grey-blue eyes are beautiful but they are blank. They stare right through me, look past me, failing to respond. For the past two years, my 70-year-old mother hasn’t known me. Lying in a chair in a Napier resthome, she is spoon-fed her meals by caregivers who are the human equivalent of angels. Her nappy is changed. She is washed and showered, and tucked into bed at night.

from Olivia W’s Blog Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/81779712/The-cruel-disease-that-has-taken-my-young-mothers-mind

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