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When my nana first moved in, I thought it would be terrible. I figured that living with someone who has Alzheimer’s, Would be hard to deal with. And it is, But not for the reason I thought it would be. It’s hard seeing the mind of someone so smart, Turn into a mind similar to a child. It’s hard seeing her like this. It’s hard knowing that she will never be the same. She used to be brilliant, The head nurse at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto. But now, Now she’s at the same mind level as the patents she once had. She walks around everyday, Not knowing what’s going on. She gets sad sometimes, And doesn’t know why. She finds some little things amusing, And others annoying. She used to be so stylish, But now she’s all mix and match. When you live with someone with Alzheimer’s, You must remember to be patient. Their minds work as if a big ball of yarn, And when a string gets pulled, They put something there to replace it. Most of the time it does not make any sense, But once in a while they replace it with the right word or two. Imagine if everything you knew, Just disappeared. Imagine if everyone you loved, Just went away. Imagine if all your emotions, Just came all at once. Imagine if your entire world, Was turned upside down. Well that’s exactly how someone with Alzheimer’s feels. I didn’t understand how hard it would be, To see her everyday living like this. I didn’t understand what it meant to have Alzheimer’s, Until now. I didn’t understand the full extent Alzheimer’s has on the mind, And on the body. I just simply didn’t understand, And I still don’t. I don’t know everything there is to know, But I do know a lot more then I did before. There is so much more to learn, And I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon.
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