Alzheimer's: It was so gradual

“It was so gradual. I had seven children to care for and was working out of the home. When something went wrong, I made adjustments.”

Alzheimer’s is sneaky and downright devious. It finds corners to hide in as it carefully plots its takeover of the brain … cell by cell, so quietly that we can’t see the changes day by day or even week by week for several years.

Because we can’t see what's happening inside our loved one’s head, we automatically make those little adjustments or fill in when something’s forgotten or lost. Hey, we all forget and lose things! How many times has someone helped us when we plead temporary insanity? That’s life!

And in the challenge of just getting through the day, we often can’t see gradual … until we’re tripping over it … blaming that “thing” in our way and not willing to admit we weren’t watching where we were going.

And Alzheimer’s celebrates another victory and plans another damn invasion …