Ch.45 Two Rons             “Ron, was that Lewy Body doing this to me?” Pat asked this question about 8 p.m. yesterday; it was a very good Read more

Ch.44. Two Exhausting Days: Pat Faints on Wednesday but Sings in a Concert on Thursday.             October, 2019.             I had been Read more

Ch.43. Mornings Can be Unpredictable.             I sense the unpredictability caused by Lewy Body disruptions frequently in our mornings together.                Read more

Ch.42. Who Would Take Care of Pat If I Couldn’t?             This concern has been gnawing at me ever since I received a heart stent on Read more

Ch. 41: What Ron Doesn’t Understand About Me.             [This chapter is initiated by Pat with a response from Ron]  Because I can’t drive I’ve lost the Read more

Ch.40. Pat Asks Ron How He has been Affected by Her Lewy Body.             After we discussed our last entry, Pat asked me for more details Read more

Ch.39. “The Apocalypse Arrived and Yet it was Not Apocalyptic.”             This quote comes from the novel Exit West, by Moshin Hamid. The author writes about Read more

Ch.38. What was Supposed to Bring Pride Brings Shame Instead.             Pat belongs to the Stand in the Light memory choir, as explained in chapter 40. Read more

Ch.37. Ron Makes a Serious Mistake – Then So does Pat.             I’ve been going to Eau Claire to exercise at the cardiac rehabilitation center since Read more

Ch.36. Pat Joins a Memory Choir.             August 2019. Several months ago, Pat and I attended a memory care conference in Eau Claire. We walked through Read more

Ch.35. “I Wasn’t Talking in My Sleep. I was Talking in Your Sleep.”             Four a.m.; I awake to hear Pat dialoging with some of her Read more

Ch.34. Pat Realizes She’s been Hallucinating. (Originally written Autumn, 2019. Added Update at End of Essay.)             “Ron, I want the truth. Was anyone here in the Read more

Ch.33. Pat Tells Our Book Club Members She Has Lewy Body.                   Pat and I first addressed the question of whom to tell you Read more

Ch.32. Today’s Surprise: Ron gets a Heart Stent. May 23, 2019.        About one month ago I noticed I was having breathing problems while exercising. They didn’t go away, Read more

Ch.31. “I Know You are my Husband because You are Wearing the Same Shirt.”             Awkward moment. Pat says: “I don’t think I’ve been hallucinating much, Read more

Ch.30. Some Mornings are Full of People.             This morning Pat woke up trying to speak with several people. These people had various jobs to do Read more

Ch. 29. We are “Care Partners.”         Pat and I recently attended a local conference for professionals treating dementia patients. People there were using the term “care partners” Read more

Ch.28. Blackcap Pie, Memory Loss and Confusion.             We had company yesterday morning at breakfast. I made waffles. Then the four of us took a ride Read more

Ch.27. Porch Bird Watching on the First Beautiful Spring Day of the Year.             Today, in mid-April, was the first 60 plus degree day this year Read more

Ch.26. Caregiver Meltdown.             I am writing this piece almost exactly 24 hours after I had a gigantic, ugly, scary meltdown. Things hadn’t been going well Read more