Memories are precious

We all have memories, you remembered walking down the street last Tuesday, with a coke in hand a wallet full of cash that you earned. You remember your birthday last year when they had the band come out of a cake. My Great Grandma can't. She was hospitalized last night after possibly having a stroke, she could only walk to the right and her left side was limpish. Let me tell you her story, from what I remember in my life. She was always very happy and my fondest memory is her 80th birthday. A few years ago. She knew everyone there, now she can't remember her four children. There was a mariachi band and every person she knew that was still alive, but now she doesn't know where the bathroom is a few minutes after leaving it. My grandma had a caretaker name Mister Jonesy. He was a proud African-American man who loved my grandma, her name is Stella. Well a few years ago he died. The result of a car crash and then sudden cancer. For about a half of a year we had to lie to her about his death because of her Alzheimer's. We had to tell her that he was fine in the hospital and that he might get better even after he had passed and his funeral had ended. It was horrible. This writing corner is dark right now. We'll need a lamp sometime. So, a year ago when we went to see my grandparents who are taking care of her now in Nebraska, we sold her house in Albuquerque. She seemed fine but i watched my grandma feed the dogs, and my great grandma watched too, and she forgot about it twenty minutes later and asked if we should feed the dogs now? My grandma said that she'd fed them and grandma Stella kept arguing this crap that some horrible disease put in her head. I felt like Alan Shore at the end of Boston Legal wanting so deeply so deep in his heart to help Denny, "But, I can't..." Nor can i help my grandma, i can only hope, that she can at least get back to Albuquerque where she'll be less miserable. There's no real hope, my dad said,"this is it" and it is. Her fate is one worse than death right now. No memories...