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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