One of the side effects of the Alzheimer's medication, Aricept, is vivid dreams. When Mom first went on the Aricept almost a year ago, we had to switch her from an evening dose to a morning dose because of that side effect. However, she still tells me about some very realistic dreams.
When I went up this morning at 8:30 to get out her morning pills, she asked me if John had been up to her place earlier. Considering he was still sound asleep in our bed, I assured her he hadn't been up there. She said she woke up at six-something, she wasn't exactly sure of the time, but there was a six on her clock. She decided to stay in bed a few more minutes and woke up again sometime after 7:00. She heard John come up; even said "good mornin'." When she climbed out of bed, her bathroom door was closed and she thought John was in there. She waited and waited for him to come out. She had to pee so badly, she finally knocked on the door to discover no one was in her bathroom.
I once again reassured her that John does not go up to her apartment early in the morning.
"Well, I thought if he was in the garage and had to pee or something, he might come up here instead of going over to your house."
"No Mom. He wouldn't do that." And I was honestly at a loss for words beyond that.
Before I left, she recalled she had shut her bathroom door last night because of the stream of moonlight illuminating her bathroom and keeping her awake.
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