Incredible Adrienne- the 6-month update.

Last March 2024, we performed together. All was fine. Her illness came on incredibly suddenly, without warning.

The last 6 months have turned my world completely upside down. 

My sister and I have made a few updates here and there on social media, but the reality is very stark and bleak, and the day-to-day is hard in a way you can’t imagine unless you’re living through it.

My mom, many of you know her as an incredible dancer, musician, and composer, went through a rapid degeneration of her health, in a way most painful to witness. Her personality, behavior, daily functioning all shattered. The things that made my mom who she was to me and to my young children- it’s just not there any more. 

6 months of doctors, testing, scans, specialists, natural doctors, psychiatrists, and multiple hospitalizations all leading to where we started- unable to pinpoint what is going on, and leaving my mom in a bedridden and nonfunctioning state. (With myself as her caregiver)

Cancer? No. Stroke? No. Parkinsons? No. Prion disease? No, thank God. (that was on the table earlier) Dementia? Well, maybe. But her memory is not affected and so far no tests have come back positive.

I have a performance coming up in two weeks. I begged my mom to get out of bed and come coach me on some of the Isadora Duncan rep., as she has happily done for my entire life. But after several minutes of trying, I gave up and left on my own. I got to the studio and watched some old videos of my Mom dancing the solos I’m practicing, and I guess that’s where we’re at. A lot of grief, a lot of sadness, a lot of sadness more for my children than anything- because it’s hard for them to lose their only grandparent this way- the grandma they loved more than anyone on the planet (so they told me- even more than me!) has turned into someone who can’t express simple acknowledgement of their presence.

Maybe she will recover- miracles happen! It does look like we are getting a bit closer to a diagnosis...

Maybe my knowledge of healing and nutrition can be put to use despite my extreme overwhelm caring for my children and baby…and maybe she will heal. In the meantime, I am going forward as best I can. 

Stay tuned, and please pray!