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Where Did Howdy Go? (Paperback)
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Where Did Howdy Go? (Paperback)
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Loot Price R389
Discovery Miles 3 890
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Over five million people across the United States currently have
Alzheimer's disease, and it is predicted that the number of
Americans afflicted with the disease will double in the next 20
years. Because Alzheimer's impairs the victim's mental capacities,
and often gradually incapacitates the victim over an extended
period of time, it is one of the most tragically debilitating
diseases encountered by families with elderly family members. Where
Did Howdy Go? is the story of one couple's decade-long ordeal with
the disease, and the unwavering care given to a man by his loving
and devoted wife. First and foremost, Where Did Howdy Go? is a
poignant love story about two people who fell in love during the
turmoil of World War II, and went on to live an idyllic love affair
for forty years before their wonderful life together was shattered
by Alzheimer's disease. The story follows Ruth (known to her family
and friends as Rusty) as she meets and falls in love with the "one
true love of her life," Howard (Howdy) Weidman. Thereafter, the
couple lived an almost storybook romance until Howdy began
experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer's in 1983. Over the next ten
years, Howdy's condition gradually deteriorated beginning with
bizarre behaviors that "defied description." Rusty's courageous
struggle to care for Howdy during the extremely stressful period of
his illness, and her staunch refusal to put him into a nursing
facility, combined to exact a terrible toll, both physically and
emotionally, on Rusty. But despite the incredible highs and lows of
their experience, Rusty's love for her "lover and best friend"
remained unshakable. Where Did Howdy Go? will make you laugh and
cry, but most importantly, it will make you think carefully about
your care options for elderly loved ones.
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