It was horrible
to see my husband forgetting where his car keys were, or not remembering
what day it was – but, I just thought it was part of being a retired
senior citizen.
Then, he began
to stay in bed, a lot. He hardly talked and didn’t want to go anywhere.
He took no interest in, nor had any desire to do, things he always
enjoyed. When he was up, he just sat on the porch or in front of the TV
for hours. I prayed about it, and felt impressed that it was depression.
I didn’t think
he was sick until he began having “blank spells.” For a few seconds he
would moan and stiffen up and he couldn’t respond. It was very
frightening. But, the worst part of it was – a few minutes later he
didn’t remember it even happened!
