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It's also possible she had a urinary infection....very similar symptoms. Even when treated with antibiotics, sometimes it takes another round of meds or even IV meds to clear it up.
I certainly hope she has truly recovered from a medical issue and her family will once again have her back!
And no change in the food itself, but only in its being now mechanically soft?
I don't know what electrolyte panels were consistently run, but I can only wonder if there was malabsorption of some food.
I think few of us know how married to our brain our guts are.
Interesting anecdotal story here. Really is. Every patient is such a mystery. I can only wish you the best.
Use this time to get her strength up (PT), work on hand/eye coordination, etc. Enjoy the phase while you can.
Eventually these abated. Meds helped. Mom still gets quite confused occasionally, and new odd behaviors come and go, but no distressed behavior for quite awhile. Currently she’s mostly lucid, though rather creative with confabulations, but her sweet, gentle personality is usually intact.
I think of the scary months as episodes of delirium overlaid on, and exacerbating, slowly progressing dementia. I keep reading how unpredictable dementia can be, and expect sharp downturns or sideway swerves can happen any time. But thought someone should report that there can be long stretches of stability too. Of course there are good days and bad days, but gently stable decline overall.
It’s kind of shocking to see a person on death’s door one minute and then laughing and talking the next.
My brother married a woman who had four children. He loved those children.
The youngest one was in diapers when he first met her. They were very close. She moved away and my brother missed her terribly even though they kept in touch.
I called her when my brother entered hospice. She drove for hours to see him. I was wondering if he would die before she arrived at hospice.
A switch flipped on when he saw her. I told my niece that I think he was waiting for her before he died.
He was ecstatic to see her! He started talking and laughing. His last rally!
He went to speech therapy three times a week. He struggled to speak with us.
Every now and then he would be able to speak very clearly. We were amazed when he spoke clearly.
His clear speech didn’t ever seem to last long that long. It was sporadic and brief.
I suppose in your mom’s case, only time will tell how she is doing.
Wishing you and your mom all the best. It’s really hard to see a parent dealing with life altering conditions.
That said, periods of rallying at end of life can also last for a while, not just days. Some elders can go on for months and be taken off hospice care, as it says in this article:
https://hospicecarelc.org/rallying-at-end-of-life/
Wishing you the best of luck with all you're dealing with.