Pennsylvania
Related: About this forumMy mom called me this afternoon with exciting news!! Bill Clinton
called her! I was trying not to laugh....my Mom has dementia and has a hard time dealing with what is real and isn't. Of course it was a recorded message (to vote for Mark Critz for Congress), but she thought it was real time. It made her day - and mine to have her be so happy when she is usually so down.
AaronMayorga
(128 posts)livetohike
(22,163 posts)I told her the calls are made in numerical order - although I have no clue how it's done.
napi21
(45,806 posts)I hpe that happens to all the dementia patiets, just to make them smile.
livetohike
(22,163 posts)in the city of Pgh. (my Mom is in the burbs). There's no telling how many calls my m-i-l has received .
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)I'm glad the Big Dawg was able to make her day.
livetohike
(22,163 posts)ywcachieve
(365 posts)Your mom's story is so cute.
livetohike
(22,163 posts)I hung up on him .
KT2000
(20,588 posts)Glad this made her day.
livetohike
(22,163 posts)leftylauren
(51 posts)livetohike
(22,163 posts)Pat Boone called me last week, but it was for Romney and I hung up on him .
yellerpup
(12,254 posts)Why shouldn't your mom have the pleasure of a conversation with President Clinton? My FIL, a newspaper man for over 60 years slipped into dementia during his last few months. John Liszt (sp?) a guy from NJ who killed his wife, children, and mother-in-law forty years in the past was arrested and a forensic model of his face and a recent photo of him appeared side by side on the front page of the NY Daily News. My dear FIL was delighted! He thought the story was about him and what a wonderful and faithful reporter he had been during his long career at the paper. He earned it, he deserved it, and by golly he did not go before celebrating his heart's desire of recognition.
livetohike
(22,163 posts)nice story...this is such a hard condition to deal with.
yellerpup
(12,254 posts)Hope you are not trying to manage this all on your own.
livetohike
(22,163 posts)(100 miles). It's not too bad - yet. She still lives in her own home. My Dad passed in 2004 and she never drove, so she is dependent on us to take her shopping etc.
yellerpup
(12,254 posts)I'm glad you aren't having to manage this by yourself.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)and he really DID call your mom, and you're only assuming it was a recorded message
livetohike
(22,163 posts)is possible! Oh, I just thought of something. I received a call from Gov. Corbett last week and he used my name in his greeting . Maybe he was real.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)ncgrits
(916 posts)I know how she feels! Love me some Big Dawg!
livetohike
(22,163 posts)sheshe2
(83,923 posts)Let's keep these good stories moving!
livetohike
(22,163 posts)I'm working at the polls tomorrow. It's going to be a long day, with no news on how things are going until I get home. We don't even have cell phone service there. We're very rural and out in the woods.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I wish I could be so excited about it! It is always the little things, and if it made her happy, it is all good.
livetohike
(22,163 posts)livetohike
(22,163 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I would hate for you to feel left out.
Didn't he sound a little tired? It's been a long campaign.
livetohike
(22,163 posts)but it was a good message .
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Mom is wonderful
livetohike
(22,163 posts)I'm glad she was in a good mood today.