I spoke with Mom after the appointment with Dr. Johnston. She noted that Dad was unable to recall how many children he has, ultimately indicating "there were 5 girls and then 3 boys" - clearly recollecting his own sibling cohort. When asked to name the children, he eventually mentioned Cathy (who was there). While Dad had no problem recognizing us when visiting, this indicates he is having some difficulty with memory when there is no prompt or cue present. This is not uncommon - and something I noticed often with Arelli as well.

I sat with Dad during his lunch of chicken, dressing, broccoli, carrots, butter beans, roll and banana pudding. He ate it with no hesitation (like he used to have a few months ago).

We played cribbage, but it took a few turns for Dad to remember what to do exactly. But then he did fine mostly, and even remembered some things I didn't about the right jack.

The pollen was really bad so Wally hasn't been able to visit this week. He took Mom and I out for pizza after church on Saturday.

Mom and I will take him to see Dr. Johnston tomorrow and he may repeat the memory test he took last month to see if there is an improvement.