Our mother, whom I had told about the appointment after gathering everyone, sat beside me.
Then Dr. Harris called us in.
He reviewed the charts. “I have gone through your mother’s records. The decline you’ve observed isn’t as advanced as you believed.”
Confusion spread across the room.
“What does that mean?” Jack asked.
“It means,” Dr. Harris continued, “that many of the symptoms were caused by medication mismanagement. Margaret’s been taking incorrect doses for months. Some medications were overlapping. Others were taken at the wrong times.”
“So… her behavior wasn’t all from her condition?” Nancy asked.
“Not entirely,” the doctor said. “Part of the issue wasn’t the illness itself, but how it was being treated.”
He explained the adjustments, the new plan, and the monitoring.
He said that with proper care, things could improve.
I let out a breath I didn’t realize I’d been holding.
By then, our mother was living with me in my two-bedroom apartment.
The changes came quickly, and within days, the difference was clear.
She was more present. More aware.
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