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[daughter chronicles] Slice 5: Living with Vascular Dementia when you don’t have it.

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Stroke, and a UTI. The official diagnoses. The stroke had destroyed Dad's speech center and cognition, while leaving him physically intact. He was weakened but never lost consciousness, still able to move about, still able to walk. His mantra never reappeared. Instead, aphasia made his words nonsensical. As hard as he tried, he couldn't get… Continue reading [daughter chronicles] Slice 5: Living with Vascular Dementia when you don’t have it.

[daughter chronicles] Slice 4: Living with Vascular Dementia when you don’t have it.

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Daddy stood there looking at me, a huge, heavy plastic tub filled to the brim with books, magazines, and clothes in his hands. Not looking at me — through me. His eyes reminded me of the glass ones in the faces of wax figures in museums, reflecting light instead of life. Looking, but not seeing.… Continue reading [daughter chronicles] Slice 4: Living with Vascular Dementia when you don’t have it.