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"Losing Betsy" Betsy Meyer lived for nine long years knowing that her mind was slipping away in the prime of life. As early-onset Alzheimer’s disease stole her abilities, her husband Jeff and their children Alex and Emily did their best to care for her. But in time they all had to face the dreaded reality: Betsy no longer knew them. And she would need to spend the rest of her days in the care of others as her body slipped away too. Throughout the years of her long goodbye, Betsy and her family hoped that sharing this terrible time, with its joys and pains, might help other people enduring the trials of early dementia. Betsy died at the age of 55. Tom Reese / Copyright © The Seattle Times
