Doctor, Doctor Give Me The News

I made the drive down to LaGrange yesterday to take my Grandmother to the doctor. His news was not good in regards to her memory... I had pretty much already prepared myself for the worst before I left Atlanta. All of his explanations were a bit much for her (she was in the room) and she broke down in tears... He responded that this is normal and expected of her... he said that she is like a child now... child-like behavior is very common... So what comes around goes around? She paid her dues in the 70's and 80's with me? And now it is my turn!!! Except you cannot beat your 79 1/2 year old grandparent with a nice "Dr. Green" switch freshly pulled from the large bush in the yard... Needless to say, the doctor left the room when she cried and was once again I stayed behind to console and calm her down... what is it with men and not being able to handle a few female tears?? My Dad, the doctor, who is next?? We left the doctor with yet another prescription to add the many, many others... another drug to hopefully help slow the progression of her ever-shrinking brain mass... that is all they have to help... how sad is this illness? They do not know what causes it and they have no cure for it! And yet, every one else around the victim suffers too...
Anyhoo, we left the doctor and went to Wally-World... what better way to cheer up two sad ladies than a trip to my favorite place... Wal-Mart!! I got her a cart, stood her behind it, set her hands on the handle and let her go! She is like a kid in the candy store... It truly warms my heart to see her so happily browsing the shelves... for all we know she cannot even see what she is browsing... the glaucoma being so bad these days... but, we had fun none the less. We made it back to her apartment and I got the joy of tackling her nails... yes, Kelly's Nail Salon was open for business... manicure and pedicure for her since the ability to grip a set of clippers and see her nails to cut them is GONE... Oh well, I look at it like this... she is like my child in a way... and yet I could not convince her to let me dress her up on Halloween, take her trick-or-treating and get me a bunch of free candy... At her size and height it really would work...