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Mom had a medical directive that if she ever got to where she didn't know anyone to put her in a home and forget about her. Me taking care of her and keeping everything like she had it before the dementia helped so that never happened for her. Had to really fight my siblings to keep them from getting rid of her stuff while she was still around. They just didn't understand the impact her surroundings had. The last six months had to help her to remember how to swallow food as she chewed it up. Interesting that she never had a problem swallowing chocolate chip cookies and had her drinking lots of Ensure.

The reason I have Pepper is the immediate negative effect Camber passing had on her. Having Pepper really perked Mom up and made her more aware.