Although she still doesn’t talk about her Alzheimer’s, it is obvious that she is struggling to remember the names of people and places and where she is at any given moment. For example, this morning as we pulled into a parking space at Panera she said her mother’s full name. I said, “That’s right.” She said, “We’re both right.”
Another example occurred after lunch, she asked, “North Carolina or Tennessee?” I answered, “Tennessee. Knoxville, Tennessee.” Since both of these exchanges were not prompted by me, I have to believe she was thinking about both of them and wanting to be sure. I wonder how much time she spends trying to think where she is and what are the names of her family and close friends.
