We are having a good day. We went to the Scott Roselle talk radio broadcast this morning. He interviewed David Harrison, our morning lecturer, who is a linguist and professor at Swarthmore. That was followed by the lecture itself. We were glad to have attended both. It was a great Chautauquq experience.
While at the Roselle broadcast, Scott asked the small audience if anyone would like to ask Harrison a question. The woman seated next to Kate raised her hand. He motioned her to come to the mike. Then they took a commercial break. As the woman started walking to the mike, another woman stepped in front of her and started a conversation with Harrison. In a couple of minutes, Kate decided she wanted to ask him a question; so she got up and positioned herself between the two women. When the first woman finished her conversation with Harrison, Kate jumped ahead of the woman who was the first one to want to ask a question. Then she talked long enough that it was time for Roselle to start up his interview again. Kate never realized what she had done. This is a good example of the effects of Alzheimer’s that do not directly involve memory.
That makes me think of something else that I observed that falls in this same category. While we were at breakfast at our B&B in Niagara-on-the-Lake, she spilled orange juice on the table as she was a pouring herself a glass. This could happen to anyone, but this kind of thing is especially common for Kate. Today as we were taking our food from the serving line to a table, she dropped her iPad. She had been struggling to carry her seat cushions and the tray on which she was carrying her food. Once again, this could happen to anyone. It is just far more common for her. It requires me to be on my toes, but I am always failing.
