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5. The next stage of this story is who will take care of us?
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 08:44 AM
Aug 2021

I also was the caretaker for my mother after a series of mini-strokes turned her brain in Swiss Cheese. In a matter of weeks she lost the ability to write, then to read, then to even sit in front of a TV. It was incredibly stressful but she did not last very long, which was a blessing for her. If she hadn't died of another ailment, the next step would have been a nursing home, which I know she would have hated.

I, however, am childless and without any immediate family. This story will not end well.

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