Visit 5/17/14

Today was a good visit.  Pretty typical.  Dad was in a good mood and happy to see us.  But there was one thing that stuck with me and will continue to haunt me.  Another eye opener for how this disease really affects your brain.  He showed us a couple puzzles the social worker gave him to work on.  He said they're pretty good ones.  They were children's jigsaw board puzzles, the kind where you put the big sturdy piece onto the wooden board.  The kind your 2 year old can handle with ease.  He commented that these were nice because the same picture on the piece was also on the board.  I am trying to hope that this is just his general pleasant attitude that he has towards everything now, and that he really can handle something more difficult.  He does still handle his crossword puzzles and word searches fine, and his conversation is more intelligent than you'd expect from someone with a brain disease - other than the judgment factor.  It definitely caught me off guard and was a sad reminder of how his brain is deteriorating.