WATCHING MY SISTER....DISAPPEAR

I now have a 800 number where I can call the nurses station and ask about Peggy.

I called today and I asked if I could speak to Peggy and the attendent said yes, she is sitting right here. The attendent told me that she doesn't talk but I asked her to give Peggy the phone anyway.

Peggy said hello and I was so glad to hear her voice.

Her answers to questions were usually un huh or yes but the voice is still the same. She answered in some sentences and I heard the attendents in the background say, she is talking!!!!

I know that she doesn't know who I am but she does remember the sound of my voice.

This is a nice day because I was honored to her my sister's voice once again.

She has not accepted the doll that I sent to her but it is lying on her bed. She may never accept Mary Ellen into her life and I understand that because..........

I have not and never will accept the fact that Peggy has forgotten me!

I Love You Today, Peggy!

Mary Louise

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• #8 Comment from lavernwest 
  8/16/05 11:42 PM | Permalink

  So happy for you, Mary Louise.  Do hope you can call everyday, as you have been doing in the past.  They do look forward to those things that happen consistently, even though they are not always able to tell you, or respond the way we would like.  I lost my husband to dementia three years ago, and to the end he looked forward to a daily visit from a dear friend.  If it got toward evening and Keith had not arrived, he began to get very agitated.  Keep calling so she can hear your voice, and on good days, you can hear hers.  A blessing for each of you!
  LaVern
• #7 Comment from magogos 
  8/16/05 8:02 PM | Permalink

  I am so glad you have found a way to talk to Peggy, and that she responded to your voice. Margo
• #6 Comment from wendy4145 
  8/16/05 7:12 PM | Permalink

  YES!!!  You have found a way to hear Peggy's voice AND to be a comfort to her!
  
  I know she remembers you because those ladies were shocked that she spoke... and look who she chose to speak to.. MARY LOUISE...
  
  Im sorry about the doll not being what she needs at THIS point.  But your phone calls are what she and you need and you can call her and hear her voice now.
  
  FANTASTIC NEWS!
  Love,
  Wendy
• #5 Comment from siennastarr 
  8/16/05 7:10 PM | Permalink

  Oh, Mary Louise, I know that just hearing Peggy's voice was like music to your ears.  Like you said.. even if she doesn't remember YOU... she remembers the sound of your voice.
  I hope that she will eventually take to the baby.  But, if not... God knows you tried, just like you try every day to accept what has happened to her, and can't.
  
  God Bless
  Jackie
  http://journals.aol.com/siennastarr/Waitingtoexhale/
• #4 Comment from psychfun 
  8/16/05 4:22 PM | Permalink

  If she is speaking to you & not others then she is remembering you...even a bit of you...the sound of your voice something in her is registering to her heart! :-) So happy for you!
  
  http://journals.aol.com/psychfun/MeThinksTooMuch/
  Psychfun