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A beautiful song about Alzheimer's.

My cousin, Gary Brown, wrote a beautiful, haunting song about his experience watching as his mother, Valda Brown, declined with Alzheimer's and ultimately passed away. As I my mother lives with Alzheimer's, the song comes to my mind often.

It can be found on youtube.com at this link:

 These are the lyrics: 

 All the way down
All the way down
I knew
It would be as hard
As anything can be
But I didn't know
There'd be so many things
I'd have to decide for you
I didn't know
I'd have to fight so hard
Just so you could be ok
Till the end
But I promised
All the way down
All the way down
I knew
How much I'd miss you
When it was over
But I didn't know
I wouldn't have the strength
At the end
I didn't know
I'd forget how you used to be
How full of life you were
All those years
But I promised
Songwriter: Gary Brown
All The Way Down lyrics © DistroKid

Commonly Used Abbreviations


DH = Dear Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
LO = Loved One
ES = Early Stage
EO = Early Onset
FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
VD = Vascular Dementia
MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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