And you can tell she’s been with them for longer. It’s like she’s hopped up on something, she just keeps running and talking. Yesterday she was running in circles around the living room with the puppy chasing her. I finally had to stop this and have her sit down to calm down both her and the pup.

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I’m stunned she’s still alive. She’s looking absolutely horrid. It seems that she she’s been having mini-strokes over  the past few months. We’ve told her of this and asked her if she wished to be taken to the hospital, but she says that she’d rather stay at home. When the strokes hit her, she’s disoriented and the left side of her face sags. She becomes hard to understand until the episode passes. She has a sensation of fainting during these episodes, but she doesn’t faint. After it passes, she remembers the conversations we have with her but feels like it’s a dream to her.

Just a guess at her weight, 70 to 80 pounds. I’m basing that on helping Nina put her to bed. I lift her off the floor and place her on the bed. Skin and bones. At times when I’m up and about early, I hear her praying for the Lord to take her. She’s not living the life she’s used to, but then she never wanted a family and now her circumstances have forced one on her. A nursing home would not suit her either. She tolerates them when we travel, but is relieved when we pick her up after the trip. She’s always afraid that we’ll just abandon her there. It is tempting, but we don’t.