Something new

Visual problems. She says "everything looks different." We headed out to lunch in the car but turned around and came back because it was very upsetting to her that trees, cars and buildings didn't look the way they were supposed to. Back in the kitchen, the canned goods in the pantry didn't look right. Now the room in which I work, where she spends 90 percent of her time, doesn't look right to her.

I knew this day would come. The Alzheimer's Association says, "As the disease progresses, changes in vision may make it difficult for the person to distinguish colors and understand what is being seen."