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Too funny!
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My MIL was in hospice in her home (stage 4 colorectal/breast cancer, rapid aggressive progression). My husband and I decided to take our 15 year old autistic/ID son to see her on his birthday, as we knew there wasn't much time left and he was close with her. While visiting, she asked for a refresher on her water, so we sent son to get it for her.

a side note..my hubby is really picky about water, as in he doesn't drink tap water and didn't want my MIL to be drinking tap water.

My son, never understanding this thing about different waters, brought her back the glass. Hubby speaks up "did that come from the bottle in the fridge or the faucet?" Son goes "Faucet". Hubby gets all annoyed, takes the glass to put the 'proper' water in it.

MIL speaks up (like always) "It's fine Dan! Little tap water isn't going to kill me!" Then she looked up at me, laughing so hard she could barely breathe.."guess it doesn't matter now does it?" And continued to laugh for a few minutes. Even got my son to laugh pretty hard, which doesn't happen often. She didn't let her present depressing circumstances dim her sense of humor! She passed exactly a week later. But that was the last big laugh I had with her!
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earlybird Jul 2019
That is great your MIL had a since of humor until the end. Your Hubby and son sound like quite the characters. This is one great memory for all of you.
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My Dad is 94 and has advanced dementia. He hasn't been able to walk or really do anything to care for himself for over 2 years. Last week a visiting nurse came to the house. Without a second's hesitation he asked her if he could make her some lunch or get her a snack! I was very tempted to say Yes , Dad, go make her something to eat!! So funny!
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My father was telling me about living in assisted living. He was beside himself because “ they expect you to change your clothes EVERY day”.

Friday i I took him out. I mentioned that the previous day would have been his mother’s 115 th Birthday. He asked me if she still alive.
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earlybird Jul 2019
How precious is that.
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My Dad was in the hospital and he was a fall risk. So when Dad was placed in the hospital recliner, the nurses had first placed an alarm that would sound if Dad tried to get up.

Well, Dad would raise up on recliner enough to get the alarm to sound, then announce "darn beans".
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earlybird Jul 2019
I am sure lots of staff members came to check on your dad after he set the alarm off.. I guess he was having fun with the alarm and the staff.
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That is funny, JoAnn. How is your mother doing?
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My Mom had Dementia. I had her in her bathroom. When she looked into the mirror she said OMG! Guess she couldn't believe that old woman was her.
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BlackHole Jul 2019
Awwww. I have that problem, too! And I’m only in my 50s. (Truth be told, I look in the mirror and see my mother. It’s unsettling.)
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