The kids!

I saw Mom on Friday when I was on the way in from Wisconsin. I had the "pleasure" of seeing the pixies, brownies and girl scouts perform a Christmas concert at the IV. And we got all kinds of great handmade ornaments, too. Anyway, she seemed good to me then, if a bit smelly. I suggested that she take a shower that night. But she has been refusing her showers on a regular basis -- I get calls when she refuses. But those aren't the calls that concern me.

I have had a call four times in the past month that she is melting down because she has lost her kids. The attendant tells me that she won't go to dinner or won't settle down because she is obsessing that she has lost her little children. When I speak with her, it is clear that she is living a different life right then and thinks that she is in charge of three small children that she must get to dinner. When she loses track of them -- she is literally frightened to death. She is sobbing to me on the phone about how she cannot find them. It breaks my heart. But the last time, I had to lie to her and I told her that Rocky had the kids. I then had to fake like I phoned Rox and then called back to the attendant at the IV to tell her that they were with Rox. She wanted to know how Rox could take them without telling her!! She sobbed and sobbed until I convinced her that they were okay. I claimed that they went with Rox because they wanted to see the lake. I had to think fast, and she seems to buy it. Anyway, I tell this because one of you may experience the same thing with her. I don't have a clue what precipitates this scenario but it has occurred at least four times. The last of which was Wednesday. I don't know if these kinds of hallucinations are normal for her condition but I think we should find out. I hate to have her get so upset over it.

Has anyone else had this experience with mom recently?