Originally Posted by
Edie
My mom was a real sharpie right up to the end (almost). Edie
You have so much for which to be thankful - that your mom lived to 97 and that she was alert. My husband and I dealt with Alzheimer's in both our mothers. It is a horrible disease that steals the person we have always known. My mom died at 82 in 2004, and his mom died at 86 in 2006. His mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at least 15-16 years before she died. She could not call the name of her husband and her 5 children for several years before she died.