In this episode, I am joined by Leslie Davidson to discuss her husband, Lincoln’s illness with Lewy body dementia, and her experience of caring for him whilst she was herself struggling with the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Leslie chronicled the onset of his symptoms with night terrors and its progression to delusions, hallucinations, confusion, and memory impairment, and eventually culminating in motor difficulties. She explores the challenges of managing his fluctuating symptoms, his night-time confusion, and his tendency to think she was her own twin.
The discussion also covered what Leslie referred to as the most difficult thing she has ever had to do – the decision to put Lincoln into care. Leslie Davidson started writing nonfiction to make sense of the hard changes in her life. Spilling thoughts and feelings on to the page helped her see that she was richly blessed, life can be hard, family and friends are everything, sorrow does not deny joy, and our stories matter.
Leslie Davidson has also written two very well received picture books for children, In the Red Canoe and The Sun Is A Shine.
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