It's Mother's Day, and Betty has been asking for chocolates for a week, so I bought a box for David to give to her. She's a diabetic on insulin, so we don't do this often--but aside from football, it's all she thinks about.
So he gave her the box, she ate a few pieces, and put it up on the kitchen counter. We were gone for several hours, and when we came back, David checked the box and she hadn't taken any more! But when she realized we were home, she asked me where the candy was--she'd forgotten where she put it! Now she's come toddling out of her bedroom three times to get "just one more piece."
We had a conversation yesterday about the connection between Alzheimer's and Diabetes, and she's brought it up several times today, but she can't stay away from the candy. Tonight we're taking her out to dinner, and she'll be miserable if she can't have dessert... We'll give in, though, because sometimes it's probably more important to make her happy, than to focus on her health. I find myself saying NO to her 10 times a day. Tonight we'll say YES. Tomorrow it's back to NO NO NO!
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