How My Life Reflected After Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina stole a piece of humanity from every single one of her victims. She did not stop in her path of devastation to think or care about the innocent lives that she was going to change forever. The impact of Hurricane Katrina devastated and left an impression on most of the population of New Orleans, everybody has a story to tell about her that caused them to have to change their lives for better or for worse. My story of Hurricane Katrina involves me having to grow up and take responsibilities for my elderly grandmother whose Alzheimer’s after Katrina significantly progressed. In the late 1990’s my grandmother was diagnosed with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s disease it’s the most common form of dementia. The disease affects a person’s memory, thinking, and behavior, having to watch your grandmother slowly deteriorate and become another person who you don’t recognize is one of the most painful things that I have experienced yet in my 17 years of life.
I realized after Hurricane Katrina my family needed me, they were not expecting a seven year old to help an elderly woman but I did whatever I was able to do, with bathing, feeding, and being
attentive.