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By Sallie Mokuan
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Frank Fuerst and his wife June had what was in many ways a unique marriage, one that was tested by and altered by extreme circumstances,
On Friday, Nov. 14 at 8- p.m.. as the featured author at the Rappahannock Association tor the Arts and the Community (RAAC) Second Friday at the Library Series. Fuerst will share that story and the book he has written to chronicle the last IT years of their life together:
At the age of 50, dune wits diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, and Frank, who had spent a career in marketing and education with IBM. took an early retirement and cared for her at home for the IT years until her death in 1000.
"I’m really the first person anyone knows of who cared for someone at home for that long,1* says Fuerst.
In the beginning, he didn t know what was going on. "I think her illness began when she was about 40. which is pretty young for Alzheimer s. She started doing some things that were out of character for her She would ask people the same questions over and over again. She would go to 7Eleven for a loaf of bread, and a short while later she would go back to 7-Eleven for a loaf of bread.
Then she began to have physical coordination problems, and we had to get her to stop dri ving. She was frightened at times, and at others able to calmly observe. I think my brain is short-circuiting.’* Fuerst and his children were fortunate to find a neuropsychiatrist who knew not to contuse Junes symptoms with depression or menopause, and who Drought in other experts to confirm his assessment. There was no way to
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