The long goodbye - Alzheimer's

Turner 2022-10-22 09:57:46

It is estimated that people who are sent to nursing homes are divided into two situations: when they are useful, they help with chores and take care of their children. of. Therefore, Emilio, who has been the bank president for more than 20 years, seems to have delayed his son's daily life and was forced to be sent to a nursing home. He was forced to familiarize himself with the new environment, met his roommate Miguel, and started an unfamiliar collective dormitory. Life.

In the eyes of outsiders, the nursing home is well-equipped, and life will be very comfortable, with a bright and bright lounge, a restaurant with white tablecloths, a reading room, a gym, and even an indoor swimming pool. Looking around the noisy and chaotic new environment, Miguel complained: "I don't know what is the use of building a swimming pool in a nursing home. Are these old people who are struggling to wear pants go into the water and drink enough? All this is just to let us see People who come think we're going to live in a perfect place, you say." "I don't know," Emilio said proudly. "I was a great swimmer when I was young."

Then passing by the stairs leading to the second floor in the middle of the corridor, Miguel glanced at it and said, "I forgot to tell you, but don't be curious about the second floor. Old people who can't take care of themselves will be sent there. Zheimer's...I don't want to die there later, going there is depressing."

In Miguel's view, nursing homes are a topsy-turvy world. Eating and taking medicine are the only important activities of the day. The rest of the time seems to disappear. Most of the elderly are groggy every day. Go to bed with the help of carers. Miguel, who is not married and should have no children, is often thankful to see everything in the nursing home, feeling that he is no more lonely than those with children.

After Christmas, Emilio's behavior was a bit puzzling. Every morning when he got up in the morning, his watches, wallets and other personal belongings were lost one by one. When he was eating in the evening, the nurse with long braids gave Emilio red pills, which was a cure. Alzheimer's pills. The stubborn old man ran to question the doctor very reluctantly, but was told regretfully by the doctor that he had Alzheimer's disease and had already begun the early stage. Listening to the doctor's explanation makes people feel heartbroken and cruel. The various physiological functions of the sick elderly will unknowingly decline. Unconsciously, they are unconscious. Maybe when they wake up, everything they once knew will be forgotten, even even I have no idea where I am, and this disease is useless on drugs, and I don't know how long I have to buffer time. Maybe in the next second, Emilio will forget whoever talks to him. At this moment, the helpless Emilio asked in a low voice: "Then...then what can I do, what can I do?" As if asking for help from the doctor again, but also as if doubting himself again.

For dinner, Modesto, who had eaten at the same table before, was sent to the second floor, and Dolores, who was his childhood sweetheart, also moved to that floor. Miguel said that Dolores was crazy, and that if she stayed upstairs for two weeks, she would become as crazy as everyone around her. "That's because you never loved anyone!" Antonia retorted. I can't help but think of those old people in nursing homes, don't their families love them? Miguel said that he would not care about anyone, but he did many heartwarming little things, and even when Emilio couldn't find his black socks and cursed him, he was silent when he rummaged through his wardrobe. ; Even when everyone was feeling down and helpless, they bought a convertible car that was useless for the elderly.

"We're free!" God knows what Miguel has gone through and why he cares so much about Emilio. Maybe it's because the roommate who moved to the second floor before, or maybe he can't bear to see Emilio, who used to be clean and neat now. But put the sweater on the outside of the suit, "I don't know why you wear it like this, but maybe it will make you feel more comfortable." In order to prevent Emilio from going upstairs, Miguel tried everything possible to escape. Nursing inquiries. It is a pity that it is difficult for Miguel, an old man, to be leak-tight. Before long, Emilio was also sent to the second floor. Miguel looked at the watch wallet that was turned out from under his roommate's bed, and he had already thought about the next choice.

In this comic or this movie, the detailed description often makes me feel sad, how to have the courage to count the wrinkles in the corner of the eyes in the face of an aging self. But Brother He reminded me at the end, "You said that Miguel said something to Emilio's ear at the end that would make the old man with amnesia smile." He felt that the later part of the story showed a smile. Things are more optimistic. In fact, those elderly people who are sick are very satisfied living in their own spiritual world. They need to take care of their daily diet and daily life. Ah, what a hopeful insight.

The third runner-up in the bidding who collected the briefings of his own rush to the finish line, the Mrs. Rosario to Istanbul, the military officer who was loyal and caring, and even the bank president who did everything possible to help people solve their loan difficulties, every one of them. The old people have a wonderful past, and who can deny the world in their eyes at this moment, so how should we, who think we are smart, grasp it.

The Korpathian Mountains in spring are really beautiful. The old steam train with billowing white smoke is also heading towards the end. Mrs. Rosario looks out the window all day long. Accompanied by Antonia, she is looking forward to the return journey with satisfaction. It's all about the husband who is about to meet.

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  • Miguel: If you ask me, relatives are a bit like eggnog. Never around til Christmas and then suddenly it's everywhere.

  • Emilio: Don't touch me! Let me be! I'm sick of all that nonsense! I'm not dead, you know? I'm not dead *yet*. Maybe in a year I won't even know who I am, but today, right now, I'm alive, and this is a swimming pool, and I want to swim, and I swim, and that's it! End of it! And if you don't like it, then... then... then fuck you!