Some neighbors invited us over last night to watch the Superbowl and have dinner. There were 3 couples and we had a good time. Our friends know that Cowboy has problems and they are so kind and attentive. It is comforting. Cowboy does pretty well. He can eat and drink and listen to what is going on.
About a month ago he had a stroke that left him with some speech problems. He can think the words but not always get them out of his mouth. Yes and no come easily as do short sentences or comments but he is not able to string much together nor carry on a conversation. We are doing speech therapy and hopefully this situation will improve.
One of the things that became evident while he was in the hospital is that what comes out doesn't always make sense. That brings us back to the dementia. The therapist would ask him his children's names and he couldn't give them all. When asked his address it came out wrong. He didn't know what year it was. On the other hand some of the answers were correct. I have been asked to drill him daily and am doing that. He can tell me the state that a lot of cities are in but yesterday could not recall where Boston or New Orleans were.
Today we have physical thereapy. Last week the therapist ask me to try to get him to take longer steps. He doesn't do it unless I remind him and then not very well.
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