The Moment the Alzheimer Patient Remembers
Her Daughter Will Melt Your Heart
It's the most painful part of
Alzheimer's, when your own parent can't remember your face, let alone your
name. But for one daughter of a dementia patient, she got to experience the joy
of having her mother recognize her, if only for a moment.
YouTube user Kelly Gunderson uploaded
this touching video of a visit with her mother, simply stating, "My 87
year old mother with Alzheimer's knew who I was, even if just for a
moment."
The short clip shows the moment
Gunderson's mother remembers her daughter's name, much to her daughter's
surprise. "Didn't I name you Kelly?" the mother says.
"I thought a while ago you
didn't know who I was?" Gunderson says.
Her mother tries to explain her
struggle with the disease,
which ultimately robs sufferers of the ability to remember names. She jokes
that she has moments when, "I'm thinking, 'My Lord, what in the world am I
thinking about?'"
The two share some heartwarming
"I love you's" as they lay side-by-side in what appears to be a
hospital bed, saying, "Oh isn't it wonderful."
Beautiful.
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