Sunday, October 5, 2008

a funny story

Okay so here goes. Sometimes it is good to laugh. Let it be clear that i am not saying that Alzheimer's or dementia are funny. It just so happened that a funny thing happened to me.
When I was about 23 i lived with my mom and grandfather. My grandfather was a gentle, quiet man, but as he got old he began to start doing some strange things around the house. He had dementia i know he was not trying to harm me, he just wasn't thinking clearly.
Our house had been built in the early 1950's, it was old. The shower in my bathroom was like a broom closet; small, dark, and fitted with a frosted glass door. As i was in there one day, my grandpa walked into the bathroom, i told him i was in the shower and to go away! but he said " i'm coming in" and he wasn't kidding, he was already in his towel. I held onto the tiny metal handle of this old door and i screamed "mom" "mom" "MOM" as loud as i ever have. Luckily she was close by and charged into the room. "DAD! what are you doing?" she said, shocked to see him there.
"I'm gettin in the shower" (obviously) he said plain as day. "Well Jenny's in there right now"
"I know I'm getting in with her!"
What!? Here I am holding this door shut, one hand on the top of the door and the other on this little handle. My mom was funny, she was like "No you are not getting in the shower with her!" She was getting mad, thanks mom.
Finally she was able to talk grandpa out of the bathroom, and I was out of that shower so fast!
I chuckle even thinking of this now, it was so bizarre. And the funniest thing of all was my grandpa hated to take showers! He would go a long time before my mom could convince him to get in. This is a story that makes me laugh now and I needed that.

2 comments:

Jenny Penny said...

Oh, mh gosh. What a story! That IS funny!

23 degrees said...

Okay, this WAS funny, but I am sure not too funny at the time!

I had a similar incident with my step grandma, and my folks came to the rescue.

I wonder what stories our grandkids will tell about us?