Lately I notice that at times, Mom will be sitting and just staring off into space.
By itself, maybe it is nothing, and yet when one looks closely, it is a sort of blank stare, that frankly scares me. I mean, is her mind slowly going? I know they did a memory test, but the results have never been fully explained to me. The only thing mentioned was that isn’t as sharp as it should be, not what that might mean.
Is it a sign of just old age, or is it a sign of something worse? And that truly worries me. I have heard so many stories of Altzheimer’s disease, that it is a constant worry. I know David’s grandmother has it, or so his family says. Mind you, they have never had her tested for it, so again, who knows.
Yet each time Mom stares out, she has this expression, this sort of puzzlement at times, other times a sort of bewilderment, that is unusual. It is almost as if she’s lost her train of thought, and is sturggling to find it, to figure out where she is, or what she is supposed to do.