What is the definition of a closet? An enclosed space used for the storage of clothing, in use or stored away to be used at another time. Storage of linens, or other private items that serve no purpose at the time and never service again. This is also symbolic to a person’s memory lost due to Alzheimer’s disease. Mary’s closet is an idea that surfaced during a time of my life that was very sad for my family and I. My mom whom was diagnosed with the on-set of the disease in after suffering a stroke 2008 met her demise in 2011. We watched helplessly as the disease took over her every being as it robbed her of her memory , mobility, and cognitive impairment. This woman, once vibrant, smart, and a lover of all Al Greene music , and …show more content…
Alzheimer’s disease is neurodegenerative disease that affects the person’s cognitive skills , such as thinking, remembering and reasoning. CITE The Alzheimer’s Project, Momentum In …show more content…
P5. Although there are current medications options being used today may help people function better for a few weeks or months, or years, these medications do not cure the disease. It is documented that once the memory is lost, it cannot be regained. It is estimated that 20 million people suffer from this disease worldwide. CITE
DISEASES AND PEOPLE ALZHEIMERS DISEASE p12. EDWARD WILLETT.
After witnessing how the caregiver struggled ever so carefully to bathe and dress her, carefully positioning her arms and lower extremities that were now left weak from the results of a stroke, it occurred to me that people in her condition could probably use a less difficult item to adorn. And so the idea of Mary’s closet came to light. Because of my love of sewing, it occurred to me that perhaps I can create garments that are easily adaptive to
D was younger she stated that she would watch all the different things on television about race but it really never affect her an anyway. She stated that the only thing that she could remember was having color only signs up and white only signs. She also stated that she attends a segregated elementary school but it was no problems for her. She states however she was so elated when she got the chance to vote for the nation’s first black. I asked her way was he such a big influence over her life she stated that “President Obama has changed my life and my thoughts about life, ‘I just love the way that he thinks.” She believes that this change can help us as people to come together more. She stated that she has also had a major change in her family over the last past year. Mrs. D (tears) stated that she lost her son back in March 2016, he was only 40 years old. “I have lost my mother, two brothers and my best friend but nothing compares to losing a child.” She stated that she has been so stressed out that she has developed a poor eating habit which is terrible in her case because she has diabetes. Her poor eating habits have been keeping her blood glucose level really low which has caused her to have a stroke on October 28, 2016. She says that if it was not for her family she would not have made it through. She says that her doctor agrees that her family is her motivation and they are the only reason she is so strong in her recovery. The stroke affected the left side of her body. She has been learning to walk again and feeding herself. Therapy is going
To start, Mary carries the reader on the journey toward recovery by exhibiting enjambment. She states, “Here is the endless wet thick cosmos, the center of everything- the nugget of dense sap, branching vines, the dark burred faintly belching bogs.” As she approaches the thought of redefining herself, it is as though she cannot turn back. Mary unveils to the reader her refuge from the
One of those patients is Kelly, an extremely proud father and grandfather. Kelly had been hospitalized after contracting the norovirus, but even though he felt horrible, he thought he was healthy and would recover after some rest. He was, after all, only 44. You can imagine his shock when a tumor on his liver was discovered by accident through a routine x-ray. Kelly was referred to Virginia Mason’s Cancer Institute, which provides patients with
heart failure at 85 years old. Though Brown’s death was tragic, she left an incredible legacy
Scared and anxious, she was told that the medicine would take a year to get out of her system. She had to take control of her own health, no doctors know how to fix the problems. Having a near-death experience impacts your life greatly, but you can persevere through these times with the help of
It will take lots of lab work, experiments in general to find out a cure or brain exercises that could help the patient’s memory get
Within this perpetual chaos Maggie is born. Only the end of the short story indicates this event made an indention of some sort. However, it takes death to give any value to her life. The idea that Maggie’s life is of any value is arguable, but might be seen in what is, in all probability, one of Mary’s last sober recollections. Nevertheless, this scene could be wrought solely for the sake of attention. The tiny “pair of faded baby shoes held in the hollow of [Mary’s] hand” come alongside Mary’s one coherent memory harkened by “the inevitable sunshine” that “came streaming in at the window and shed a ghastly cheerfulness upon the faded hues of the room” (81).
Mrs. Keller, 86 years old was diagnosed with dementia with signs of behavioral problems. She can still walk independently but needs minimum assistance in some basic activities of daily living.
Often times, the decisions of choosing the two opposing extremes are made by an individual subconsciously, and thus, it is a strong reflection of their personality and character. “ But remember she’s been here a long time, she was here before most of us were born.” (Page 6)This shows Mary is more interested with the house’s past rather than its aesthetic value. She acknowledge the originality and
was lung cancer and the cancer had already metastasized and created the tumor in her brain. She
She didn’t have any control over her body anymore. She couldn’t figure it out if she was standing still or the world around her was spinning. One day her vestibular apparatus stop working and lost her sensory organs and damage her visual system.
“‘This Mary I am talking about sits in your heart all day long saying, ‘Lily, you are my everlasting home. Don’t you ever be afraid. I am enough. We are enough’’” (Kidd 289).
A review of her medical records indicates that she has a fall in her kitchen 2 weeks ago. She is dot sustained any fracture, but sustained ecchymosis to left shoulder and left upper back. She continue to suffers from Parkinson which is chronic, HTN-stable, Hypotension-chronic, occurs daily in the AM, depression which is stable.
In 1906 he noticed brain tissue in women changing and dying of an usual mental illness
this hardship. When I interviewed Kelly Mitchell about her Aunt Deena dying from cancer she