Adventure On An Elevator
yesterday morning, *L* was takin' mom down to the 1st floor. when the elevator opens on the alzheimer's unit an alarm goes off if a resident is nearby. while punching in the code to turn the alarm off, mom got on the elevator and the door closed before *L* could stop it.
uh oh.
a minute later the elevator came back. with mom's walker and... YIKES! no mom!
*L* alerted staff via walkie talkie and went to the 1st floor hoping to find mary anne.
nope. not there.
a few minutes later (it musta seemed like DAYS to *L*) someone found mom on the 3rd floor and safely returned her to the 4th floor. *L* was no doubt shaken up, but more concerned with how mom felt and asked her, "were you scared?"
"scared? no. why would i be scared?"
"i thought i lost you."
"were you scared?"
"yes."
(((hug)))
Saturday, December 1, 2007
a quick tale.
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6 comments:
corn,
never a dull moment, eh?
dann
ps. nice wheels!
I had those panic stricken moment with Mom too. Used to scare me and then she would show back and and look at me like I was nuts. I think it ws the "mother hen" in me.
Glad you mom is ok and you are too! Hugs to both of you!
i owe it all to you, dann. (CASTERS. foreshortened CASTERS.)
chris, one great thing about AD is seeing/hearing a naive response to my own mother hen concerns.
i know it'll get worse, and i dread that, but in the meantime i do envy and enjoy her simplicity.
I think we've all had at least one of those heart-in-throat moments. I'm glad your mom was found and that she was OK.
thanks robyn.
she is ok. and even wonders why we are concerned. the older i get, the more i experience, the more i understand what love really means.
sometimes i feel kinda lucky in spite of things.
omgosh........ liked the hug part
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