Thursday, August 11, 2005

Helen & Helene


Helen & Helene
Originally uploaded by xxo23o.
Allow me to introduce Helen. She's the one on the left. She is my partner Dave's mother and she lives with us. She had a stroke in 2003, followed by a bad seizure and a broken hip. Her vocabulary consists largely of several words or phrases due to the stroke:
  • Yes
  • No
  • I don't know
  • Merry Christmas
  • Shit shit shit
  • Personality changes
Once in a while she surprises us with a full sentence not containing any of the above.

My friend Robb suggested a few months ago that it would be good for me to write about caring for Helen. So here we go.

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