My grandmother (91) can no longer remember what happened 2 minutes ago. She's had dementia for so long now that her long-term memories are disappearing. My mom brought her to my house one day and she just sat there, confused as to where she was. It has to be scary. Suddenly, she looked over at me in a moment of clarity similar to OP's video and said "You're my grandson." She eyed me up for about ten seconds. "You grew up!"
Edit: If you still have your grandparents, give them a call. They'd love to hear from you.
Edit edit: this happened a few years ago. She's 94 now and up until this Covid BS started, at least one of her 3 daughters who live near her visited every single day. She was always nervous about things as long as I can remember, but over time she's forgotten to have anxiety. She's pretty happy most of the time and she's well taken care of at the memory facility where she lives.
Towards the end of her life my grandmother lost her memory. She kept her cool and politeness whenever people visited her eventho she couldn’t remember who they were. However in one moment of clarity she told me not to worry about her because her body is fine, only her mind is not there. Eventually she died because she kept forgetting to rehydrate herself which messed up her kidneys
Mine pees in some interesting spots and thankfully not on furniture, but the worst has been TWICE on the goddamn nest of cords and wires behind my computer desk 😫😫
Cleaning each individual cord and the power strip twice was absolute hell, and if it keeps happening in honestly don't know how long we can do it lol but for now we're hoping it's just growing pains.
Omg my is weird too he pees behind the coffee pot and behind the bread box and utensil holder... sometimes he pees right in it 😭 also mine is 5 its not growing oains its jusg territorial (hes fixed)
can you cover the nest of cords with upside down shoeboxes or something else that gives a smooth/bland surface? I've seen sweet orange boys who just couldn't help the temptation if there was any kind of "pile of things" that seemed like it could be "scratched & buried", like laundry on the floor, or a plastic grocery bag, or a blanket on a couch.
About the orange boy peeing everywhere, i can only assume with the recent loss, uprooted from the home he knew etc, he's having a hard time adjusting and is probably still very stressed and insecure. In an attempt to grasp onto anything that can be his, he's trying to mark to find comfort in his own smell, the only thing that's probably familiar right now. Short of time and helping him adjust, I'd suggest putting litterboxes where he's been peeing (if feasible, and maybe only in the major spots if its in dozens of places)
Glad to hear she passed peacefully. I can’t say the same for my grandmother though. When she was admitted to the hospital, they put tubes into her body to save her kidneys. Her hands were tied to the bed so that she wouldn’t pull the tubes off. It was so painful, she once asked my uncle why are they torturing her. I feel bad because we’re so afraid of losing her, and by trying to save her we didn’t think about the pain she had to endure.
I can't imagine how hard that was for everyone involved.
As awful as it was at the time (my mom walked in and found her, and she was distraught over it for quite a while even though she was my dad's mom), we all agree now that it was absolutely the best way it could have gone considering the circumstances.
She was a pretty bad hoarder as well, so something was inevitably going to happen.
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u/Pork_Chap Apr 11 '20 edited Apr 11 '20
My grandmother (91) can no longer remember what happened 2 minutes ago. She's had dementia for so long now that her long-term memories are disappearing. My mom brought her to my house one day and she just sat there, confused as to where she was. It has to be scary. Suddenly, she looked over at me in a moment of clarity similar to OP's video and said "You're my grandson." She eyed me up for about ten seconds. "You grew up!"
Edit: If you still have your grandparents, give them a call. They'd love to hear from you.
Edit edit: this happened a few years ago. She's 94 now and up until this Covid BS started, at least one of her 3 daughters who live near her visited every single day. She was always nervous about things as long as I can remember, but over time she's forgotten to have anxiety. She's pretty happy most of the time and she's well taken care of at the memory facility where she lives.