Early on she'd forget recent events, a few months ago she started asking if her husband had died and when. This past Monday she started asking about her mother who died over two decades ago. The best analogy I can come up with is an onion is being peeled away and that she's losing more memories going back deeper in time.
I keep seeing further declines. While for about two weeks it seemed as if she had a bit more energy we're back to less energy and more confusion. She kept asking me on Sunday why I didn't come with people. I have no idea what she meant but my brother avoided her for a week due to the flu, so maybe a poor way of asking about him.
Mom was under care in her home and caught Covid from a caregiver. Mom survived Covid. Mom had not said a sentence in over 18 months. Mom was sitting at the kitchen table with two CNA's at shift change. They were talking about Mom's recent bout of Covid and how they did not think Mom would make it. Mom chimed in saying a complete sentence, "I'm not going anywhere."
As Mom had barely said a word in 18 months and certainly not a complete sentence it makes me smile and chuckle everytime I think of this.
Weirdly we would see a bit of improvement every summer. I think it was because Mom was able to get out in the sun more, pickup pine cones in the yard, and walk more in the summer.