Grandma's surprise

I take care of my elderly mother who is eighty six. In the last year mom has become bed ridden, and helpless. She has dementia as well and possibly Alzheimer's. As you can imagine other than her family and the day to day routine just being alive she has very little that brings her joy these days. Well...ice cream. She loves ice cream.

She no longer will eat a regular meal and has to get her nutrition via a formula I have to administer through a stomach tube. She has several wonderful home health nurses that come to the house and watch over her, and requests the tests needed to keep her doing as well as can be expected. The whole family does what we can to make things as pleasant as we can for her.

In this photo my daughter Shelby walked our mini horse into the house and into grandma's room. She talked for a minute or so before mom noticed there was a horse in the room! The wide eyed look of surprise when she did was priceless. The joy on her face getting to pet the pony's nose was worth sharing.