So many of you know, my mother-in-law has severe dementia. She stayed with us last year for about 4 months, along with my father-in-law, after he lost his leg.
She has always been very pliable and easy to get along with, and doesn't give a lick of trouble with taking meds or anything. In the last year, she has started having some outburst always specifically related to her husband, but I have no doubt that is due to some pent-up issues from over 50 years of marriage and the way he has treated her. She has NEVER had problems our outbursts directed at anyone else. She is quite literally one of the sweetest, most loving and agreeable people I have ever met in my life.
Apparently, in the last 24 hours, she has started seeing angels all around her, says Jesus told her he is coming to get her (not right now, but soon), she refuses to take ANY medicines, I tried to get them to give her extra of her antipsychotics, but she won't take anything.
Now, the really interesting part of this... some of my wife's family seems to have a touch of the 'sight'. They call it "obeah" where she is from. Her mom seems to, and her middle sister as well . The sister has called us many times over the years saying she had a dream that someone died, and I will say much more often than not, within a day or so, we get wind of someone they know or are related to passing away. Young people, old people, sudden or expected, etc. I always took it with a grain of salt initially, but over 20 years of seeing these situations play out, it makes me nervous. She had a dream 2 nights ago someone died and then yesterday one of the oldest sister's best friends died suddenly in her 50s.
Now the MIL is seeing angels and talking about Jesus coming to take her out of the blue - she's never had these kinds of hallucinations before. And in the midst of all this COVID sheisse, if something happens to her, my wife won't be able to go back home to the Caribbean - most ports and airports there are closed.
So anyways, I just hope this isn't really going to happen, although we know it will eventually. She's been checked out mentally for years. Just... dang, it's some spooky stuff.
She has always been very pliable and easy to get along with, and doesn't give a lick of trouble with taking meds or anything. In the last year, she has started having some outburst always specifically related to her husband, but I have no doubt that is due to some pent-up issues from over 50 years of marriage and the way he has treated her. She has NEVER had problems our outbursts directed at anyone else. She is quite literally one of the sweetest, most loving and agreeable people I have ever met in my life.
Apparently, in the last 24 hours, she has started seeing angels all around her, says Jesus told her he is coming to get her (not right now, but soon), she refuses to take ANY medicines, I tried to get them to give her extra of her antipsychotics, but she won't take anything.
Now, the really interesting part of this... some of my wife's family seems to have a touch of the 'sight'. They call it "obeah" where she is from. Her mom seems to, and her middle sister as well . The sister has called us many times over the years saying she had a dream that someone died, and I will say much more often than not, within a day or so, we get wind of someone they know or are related to passing away. Young people, old people, sudden or expected, etc. I always took it with a grain of salt initially, but over 20 years of seeing these situations play out, it makes me nervous. She had a dream 2 nights ago someone died and then yesterday one of the oldest sister's best friends died suddenly in her 50s.
Now the MIL is seeing angels and talking about Jesus coming to take her out of the blue - she's never had these kinds of hallucinations before. And in the midst of all this COVID sheisse, if something happens to her, my wife won't be able to go back home to the Caribbean - most ports and airports there are closed.
So anyways, I just hope this isn't really going to happen, although we know it will eventually. She's been checked out mentally for years. Just... dang, it's some spooky stuff.
