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After a stroke, Cassandra struggles to reclaim her independence while navigating growing tensions within her fractured family.
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00:03how's the recovery going as good as can be expected i suppose i'm happy to say she's doing
00:09quite well everyone recovers at their own pace what do you seem to be struggling with the most
00:14well my speech for one i understand you're fine and my balance is still off even with the walker
00:20i almost tripped the other day oh my god what have i told you about that language
00:28i got you something what on earth are those are we going skiing no mom they're walking sticks i think
00:37they'll make me look like moses i recently looked into a place it's called orchard hill it's actually
00:45very nice you mean a retirement home here you are all alone in this house oh i've lived alone in
00:51this
00:52house forever well what if you had another stroke why are you putting these thoughts into her head
01:01i'd like to invite you to fully experience our home for three days
01:05my mother is gonna have to respectfully decline sure why not
01:13welcome to the afterlife population dropping by the day
01:20are you new here or just checking it out i'm just checking it out are we having clams
01:27don't mind her she got the dementia half the time she don't know where she is i like clams
01:39a place like this is an ender home ender home it's the last place you go as your journey comes
01:47to an
01:47end it took mom almost dying for you to finally show your face around you know what i resent that
01:54well i resent you for sticking your nose into our lives sometimes in life all you can do is accept
02:05your circumstances one it's a shame we didn't meet on different circumstances it has been fun getting to
02:13know you
02:20well now that you're here uh what's your sign handicapped

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