I hope so.

I just don't know if they'd let her leave for a little bit -- probably not -- but her passion is cooking and I was going to bring her home from the hospital to let her cook a meal for all of us, but that's when my parents said, "No, she's very likely never coming home again." I had no idea that that's what would happen by bringing her there.

Even though she has dementia and isn't always "there", I used to do simple things with her. For example, making a pizza or making pancakes. (Basically anything that didn't involve knives or sharp objects.) It made her extremely happy that she was able to "cook", and that's all she ever wanted to do. And one of her "dreams" was to be able to cook a full meal for us (since she's never done that before). Now she can't do that -- ever.