" MIKE, AND THE CASE AGAINST CASEY "

IT'S OFFICIAL!!  MIKE HAS BECOME ADDICTED TO THE CASEY TRIAL!!  SUNDAY HE WAS TRYING TO ASK IF THE CASE WAS ON TV.  HE KEPT SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT WORDS TO ASK ME ABOUT IT, BUT HE COULD NOT.  MIKE MOTIONS A LOT NOW WHEN HE CAN NOT THINK OF WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY.  SADLY IT REMINDS ME OF HOW MY SISTER VICKIE'S HUSBAND WAS.  HE STARTED OUT NOT BEING ABLE TO REMEMBER HOW TO SAY CERTAIN WORDS, AND SLURRING THE WORDS HE COULD SAY.  IN THE FINAL YEARS, HE COULD NO LONGER SPEAK AT ALL.  THIS DISEASE OF ALZHEIMER'S IS A VERY VERY CRUEL DISEASE.  MIKE DESCRIBES  IT  AS "COB WEBS" IN HIS HEAD.  AT THIS POINT OF THE DISEASE, IT MUST BE SAD FOR THEM-EVEN THOUGH AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, MIKE SEEMS TO BE HAPPY AS A LARK, AND INSIST HE HAS NO STRESS.  I DO PRAY THAT IT WILL REMAIN THAT WAY FOR HIM TILL THE END.  THE ONES THAT DO HAVE STRESS, ARE THE CAREGIVERS, AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.  MIKE WILL OFTEN FORGET IMPORTANT THINGS, LIKE HOW MANY KIDS HE HAS.  YESTERDAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MY SISTER VICKIE AND HOW MANY KIDS SHE HAD, THEN MY FRIEND MARIE WHO HAD FOUR BOYS.  MIKE SAID YOU DID GOOD, YOU HAD TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS!!!  I WAS FLOORED AS WE ONLY HAVE THREE CHILDREN.  LIFE HAS IT'S CHALLENGES EVERY DAY, BUT MIKE IS ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE ALIVE, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL  FOR THAT AS WELL.  HOPE YOUR DAY WILL BRING MANY SMILES, AND TRY YOUR BEST TO FIND JOY IN THIS DAY-I KNOW I WILL.  TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME