July 2011-
A family meeting was called and we were given the information that Grandma Nancy had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. The news was not easy to take. Not much information was known at that point, but in true Domrese fashion, family sticks together...closely.
Soon after, the Domrese children were given the news. It was given as delicately as possible (and most developmentally appropriate as possible) but was extremely hard for the children to understand.
They know:
a) grandma is sick
b) she is fine now, but will get worse slowly
c) she will start forgetting things and may eventually forget us
We cry for the uknown, we cry out of fear, and we cry for memories we fear we may not be able to create.
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