When I was at the nursing home on Monday, Papa was feeding Mimi and one of the CNA's came over to chat with us. She said she was the one that put up the bulletin board in the hallway across from the room where they fix the residents hair. When the CNA decorated the board, she put garland made out of tinsel material around the outside of edge of the bulletin board to make a nice border for the Christmas season.
This same CNA had Mimi in her wheel chair pulled up by the bulletin board the other day. Mimi happened to be able to catch hold of one end of that garland. This is no small feat in and of itself as Mimi is very shaky now in her movements. Well, our mischievous Mimi held on to the end of this garland and started to pull. Then she looked up at the CNA who grinned at her. Mimi grinned and continued to pull that garland. The CNA was getting a kick out of what mom was doing so she just let her go. She said Mimi pulled a lot of that garland down and laughed out loud as she did it.
Papa and I were loving this wonderful story of joy in Mimi's life. Then the CNA looked at Mimi and said to her, "And you knew what you were doing to, didn't you?" Papa stopped feeding Mimi while the CNA was talking to her. Mimi looked up at the CNA and gave her a big, "Yep, I knew what I was doing!" grin and nod.
I'm telling you, Alzheimer's in an interesting disease. So much of the time now we don't know if Mimi is getting stuff or not. Then you get a flash and you know that somewhere in all that cloudiness of her brain, there is recognition and maybe even a bit of joy at some moments.
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