Hi, I'm 16 and my grandmother has Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. She's had it for about 5-6 years now and she's been through alot. None of my friends know exactly what I'm going through. Before her illness her and I were really close since we lived a block away. And she has a pacemaker now, and in 2003 I moved up to her house with my mom and dad to help her since she could no longer feed herself, change herself, or do anything for herself. And we took care of her for 2 years and she would wake up during the night and it was just too much to handle. We sent her to a nearby nursing home for Alzheimer's patients and she then had many close calls with being sent to the hospital within 1 month in being there. Then 2 months ago, she broke her hip. And this past friday, she had 2 seizures and she's still in the hospital. This is a really close call, and she hasn't been alert since before the incident. Anyone dealing with any of the same problems? It's so hard to go though.