FOR GREGORY. He was not a VICTIM of ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, he was a HERO!

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Skills

Gregory still has some low level skills available and Manny and I continue to try to cultivate their use. Gregory isn't always consistent in using the skills but they do appear now and then. For example he was able to feed himself half a dozen blue berries and even say, "Yum," but the skill did not continue as I had hoped until all the berries were gone. Don't know if he looses focus, or gets tired of "performing," or just forgets what he is doing? But we try what we try and we are grateful when he succeeds.


He can feed himself a pretzel stick and finishes it most of the time. Sometimes he drops it and sometimes he forgets it's there, but for the most part he is "Pretzel Stick Literate!"

More often than not Manny or I help Gregory keep himself hydrated but he can once and a while list the glass to his lips and take a long drink of cold water.

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