Xueba's life simulator

Chapter 218 Grandma's Situation (1011 1111)

Here in Jingu, after Shen Qingqiu was on vacation, Zhou Ming followed her back to Yundian.

After sending Shen Qingqiu back to Yundian, Zhou Ming went back to Luzhou again. After dealing with some matters, he went back to his hometown.

Because Zhou Ming had already called his family before he came back, so when Zhou Ming returned home, the whole family was waiting for him at home.

"Are you done with work in Luzhou?" Zhou Ming's mother asked Zhou Ming after Zhou Ming returned home.

"No, I can't be busy with things like work. I'll be back when school is on vacation. And if anything happens, they can call me directly." Zhou Ming explained.

"Then when are you going to leave this year? This time at least you have to wait until the Lantern Festival is over before leaving?" Zhou Ming asked again.

Just when Zhou Ming's mother was chatting with Zhou Ming about the holiday, Zhou Ming's grandma suddenly asked Zhou Ming with concern: "Your mother said you have a date, when are you going to bring it back for us to see?"

"what?"

Hearing the words asked by grandma, Zhou Ming didn't react for a while, and his mind was a little confused.

Didn't he bring Shen Qingqiu back before?And at that time grandma had seen Shen Qingqiu, even Shen Qingqiu's grandma had been here.

And Zhou Ming's parents, as well as Zhou Ming's grandfather were caught off guard by Zhou Ming's grandma's sudden question.

And when they saw Zhou Ming's puzzled face, it was Grandpa who said to Zhou Ming first: "Come here, I have something to talk to you alone."

After saying that, Grandpa stood up, and Zhou Ming also left here with Grandpa in doubt, and walked to another room.

"This old man, I just care about my grandson marrying a wife. Why did he call him away alone?"

Zhou Ming's grandma also looked at Zhou Ming and Zhou Ming's grandfather who stood up and left here in confusion.

"Mom, maybe Dad really has something to tell Xiao Zhou." Zhou Ming's father stopped her after hearing what his mother said and was about to get up to follow, and explained to her.

On the other side, Zhou Ming, who had already walked into another room with his grandfather, also looked at his grandfather strangely, and asked, "Grandpa, what are you trying to tell me? Why did you call me out alone?" ?”

Zhou Ming really didn't understand. If there was anything to say, he had to talk about it alone. We were all a family, so why couldn't we just say it.

"Well, your parents wanted to tell you about this when we first started. But I'm worried that it will delay your work after you find out about it.

After all, I also know that what you are doing now is a major event related to the development of the country.

Originally, we wanted to hide it again, but who would have thought that your grandma would speak up suddenly, and now I have no choice but to explain the situation to you. "

Zhou Ming's grandfather sighed when he saw Zhou Ming who was full of doubts ask this question, and said to him.

"When we first discovered this incident, it was at the beginning of December last year. In fact, there were already some signs at the beginning, but we didn't pay much attention to it at the time, after all, this kind of thing sometimes happens to us.

Since the second half of last year, your grandma has been prone to forgetting some things.

Later, in December last year, the frequency of her forgetting things began to increase, and then we took her to the hospital for a look.

At that time, the doctor said it was a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, but we couldn't understand it at first. After listening to the doctor's explanation, we realized that it was what we often call Alzheimer's disease.

I also know now that there is no way to cure this disease, we can only try to reduce the exacerbation of the disease, so we bought some medicines and came back.

It's just that she didn't expect that she would forget about Xiao Shen. "

Zhou Ming's grandfather continued to explain to Zhou Ming.

It wasn't until this time that Zhou Ming finally understood why grandma wasn't there when he talked to his family on the phone a few times before. It should be because grandpa and mom and dad didn't want him to know about it, so they dismissed grandma when they were on the phone .

Why did he bring Shen Qingqiu back to see grandma before, but grandma would still ask such words.

All of this, as Zhou Ming's grandfather said, is Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disease with insidious onset and progressive development. Clinically, it is characterized by memory impairment, aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, impairment of visuospatial skills, executive dysfunction, and personality and behavior changes. Generalized dementia is characteristic, and the etiology is so far unknown.

If the onset occurs before the age of 65, it is called Alzheimer's disease.

If it occurs after the age of 65, it is called senile dementia.

Zhou Ming's grandma is 69 years old this year, which is considered to be senile dementia, but according to his grandfather's introduction, and his grandma's performance just now, it seems that it has not yet reached a serious level.

"Grandpa, did the elders in grandma's family experience similar or more serious situations when they were older?"

After listening to his grandfather, Zhou Ming quickly asked his grandfather.

The reason why he asked this question was because Zhou Ming knew that one of the many causes of Alzheimer's disease was heredity.

It is not to say that people with Alzheimer's disease must have a family history.

But under normal circumstances, if the elders in the family, and the elders of the elders, have Alzheimer's disease when they are old, then the younger generations in this family are more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease than the average Old people are taller.

However, similarly, it does not mean that just because an elder in your family has Alzheimer's disease when they are older, you will definitely also have Alzheimer's disease when you are older. This is also a matter of probability.

After all, according to epigenetics, the expression of genes is composed of many factors, such as the environment you live in, some things you have experienced before, and your psychological condition.

Another reason for Zhou Ming's question is that his grandma's Alzheimer's disease seems to be developing a little too fast.

However, because he was never with grandma, Zhou Ming didn't know the specific situation and could only guess.

"I also know something about the situation of your grandma's elders.

We haven't talked much to you about their affairs before, so I'll start from the beginning and tell you about your grandma's family affairs.

Including herself in your grandma's family, there were six children in total, four girls and two boys. Among these six children, your grandma is the third child.

As for your grandma's grandparents, they seem to have passed away quite early, so I don't know the details.

And your grandma's parents, that is, my father-in-law and mother-in-law, I know them better than your grandparents.

However, it was not too late for them to die.

Your grandma's father died when he was just in his early 60s.

And your grandma's mother, although she died later, died more than two years later than your grandma's father.

However, I have never heard of them forgetting things too seriously before they died.

As for the specific situation of your grandma, brothers and sisters, I don't know much about it.

The last time they came, it was your grandma's sisters. It was four years ago. At that time, everyone behaved quite normally, and no one had a bad memory.

Why, this has something to do with the elders? "

At the end, Zhou Ming's grandfather asked worriedly. He was worried that the disease would be passed on to Zhou Ming.

"There is a little relationship, but it's not a big relationship. I just want to know about it." Zhou Ming explained, "Actually, you should have told me earlier. Although the work is important, so are you."

Facing Zhou Ming's accusation, Zhou Ming's grandfather nodded honestly like a child, and said to Zhou Ming, "Got it."

"The onset of this disease is slow and insidious. They can't even tell when it started. The main manifestations are cognitive decline, mental symptoms and behavioral disturbances, and gradual decline in daily life ability.

According to the degree of deterioration of cognitive ability and physical function, people now generally divide it into three periods.

The first stage generally lasts for one to three years, and is a mild dementia stage. It generally manifests as memory loss and prominent forgetting of recent events; judgment ability declines, and it is difficult to analyze, think, and judge events, and it is difficult to deal with complex problems...

According to your description, grandma should not have reached the first stage now, just the precursor that the doctor said.

Although it is true that this disease cannot be cured now, there are still some methods that can slow down its development in a more serious direction.

If we handle it properly and find a suitable method, it is not impossible that grandma will still be in the first stage when she lives to be eight or ninety years old. "Zhou Ming said again.

If it really reaches the third stage of severe dementia, the patient's memory has been severely lost by that time, and only fragments of memory remain. Moreover, the patient cannot take care of himself in daily life, and may even become incontinent, mute, stiff, and accompanied by There are primitive reflexes such as strong grasping, groping and sucking.

The end result is coma and usually death from complications such as infection.

If it is really delayed until then, it will be a kind of torture for both the patient and the patient's family.

"We've been running to this room for a while, so we have to go out first.

Wait for a while when your grandma doesn't pay attention, let's find a place where your grandma doesn't notice.

When you go out for a while, you can cooperate and pretend that your grandma has never met Xiao Shen before.

When you bring Xiao Shen over next time, greet her in advance.

Your grandma is a bit like your mother. She has a stronger personality and is more doting on you. You don't know how badly your dad was beaten by your grandma when he was a child. Anyway, it was a small beating every three days and a big beating every two days.

If she knew she had a disease, or a disease like Alzheimer's disease, I was really afraid of irritating her and making her condition worse. "

Zhou Ming's grandfather warned Zhou Ming.

"Well, I know." Zhou Ming nodded, and was about to leave the room with his grandfather.

"Why did your grandpa and grandson run into the house? What are you talking about whispering, can't you say it here?"

Seeing Zhou Ming and grandpa back in front of everyone, Zhou Ming's grandma asked.

"I'll just tell Xiao Zhou something about the man's past, it's inconvenient for you women to listen to it."

Zhou Ming's grandfather explained.

"Tch~." Hearing what grandpa said, grandma rolled her eyes at grandpa, but didn't say anything more about this matter.

"Grandson, when will you bring that object back for grandma to see?"

Although he didn't ask too much about Zhou Ming's grandfather pulling Zhou Ming aside to whisper, Zhou Ming's grandma still didn't forget that she asked Zhou Ming just now, but Zhou Ming didn't answer her question.

On this matter, Zhou Ming's grandmother had a pretty good memory.

"Grandma, Xiao Shen is still studying, and I don't usually have time to come here. How about I bring her to see you during this summer vacation?" Zhou Ming said to his grandma as if nothing happened.

"Summer vacation? Yes, last time your mother showed me the picture of that girl. She is really beautiful. And I heard that her family's conditions are not good. You are not allowed to bully her.

By the way, what's the girl's name?Last time your mother seemed to tell me once, but I forgot.

Look at my memory, I forgot such important things.

Alas, I am still old, so I can't do it anymore. "

Zhou Ming's grandmother said to Zhou Ming.

"Got it, grandma. I will take good care of Xiao Shen.

Her name is Shen Qingqiu, and Shen is Shen for three points of water; Qing is also three points of water, and Qing for clear water; "

While Zhou Ming was explaining to his grandma, he was also good at writing strokes in the air.

"Shen Qingqiu, wow? This name sounds pretty nice."

After hearing what Zhou Ming said, Zhou Ming's grandmother also nodded, and praised Shen Qingqiu's name.

In short, although for Zhou Ming's grandma, she has never seen this granddaughter-in-law, but just by Zhou Ming's mother and Zhou Ming's description, she already likes this little girl very much.

"Do you still have a photo of Xiao Shen? It would be fine if there is a video, and now that the Internet is so developed, it would be even better if you can make a video call."

Zhou Ming's grandma said again.

"I have videos and photos here, but they are relatively remote and in the mountains, and there was no signal for calling before.

But it's better now, and I can make calls, but I can't make video calls for the time being. "

Zhou Ming explained to grandma.

"The Internet is not yet developed, okay. When we were young, let alone the Internet and phone calls, we had never seen a TV, and at most we had heard of the radio.

Moreover, the radio is not something ordinary people can have..."

Hearing Zhou Ming say that Shen Qingqiu's internet was not very good, Zhou Ming's grandma started talking about her childhood again.

This seems to be not only the elders, but a common problem for everyone.

When Zhou Ming lived with his grandparents when he was a child, his grandma often told him how hard she was when she was a child, how happy her life is now, and how she didn't know how to cherish it.

And Zhou Ming's mother, also after Zhou Ming lived with them, often told Zhou Ming how poor they were when they were young, and they didn't even have to study if they wanted to, how difficult it was.

And children like Zhou Ming, who have such a life, not only don't know how to cherish it, but also don't study well.

Even on the Internet, Zhou Ming saw the post-90s talk about how they were when they were young, so that they can talk about the post-17s who are only 00 years old now, just like elders like Zhou Ming’s grandma and mother.

In the past, when the post-80s were born, some people said they were the beat generation, and then the post-90s were born, and they said that the post-90s were the beat generation.

When the post-00s were born, some people said that the 00s were the beat generation.

When the post-10s get older, there must be people on the Internet saying that the post-10s are the Beat Generation.

There are always people who like to rely on their age and hold the idea of ​​"I have eaten more salt than you have eaten, and I have walked more bridges than you have traveled" to educate children older than their age. small people.

However, Zhou Ming listened carefully to what grandma had said.

After all, he only comes back for such a short time a year, so he still has some patience.

It's not that he listens to grandma talking about these things every day, 360 days a year. If that's the case, it's okay to talk about it when he's tired of hearing it.

Soon, Zhou Ming's parents also interjected and talked about their childhood. Zhou Ming's father talked about the incident of being often beaten for being naughty when they were young, while Zhou Ming's mother talked about their working at home when they were young.

(End of this chapter)