Update for Day 3

1. Mom came over and sat by Missy (who was on the computer) like she wanted to play our word games again. Missy told her no, we need to wait for Triche or she’ll be mad. Mom started walking into the room where Triche was sleeping, repeatedly, like she wanted her to get up. We can’t be sure, but we think she was responding to Missy saying we need to wait for Triche to get up.
2. We looked at a lot of pictures of the family today. It’s not clear whether she was able to identify other family members. But at random when a picture of Mom would come up, she would frequently say “that’s me!” I believe she was able to identify herself in some of the pictures, because it was happening after she had not been in a picture for quite a while.
3. A couple of times Missy pointed to Dad and Mom said “there’s Daddy”.
4. When Missy and Mom went to the restroom at Macaroni Grill on the way back Missy just stopped and said “where’s Dad and Triche”. Mom looked around, located us in the restaurant, and walked straight to us. She is definitely following directions better.
5. Mom wanted to get up from the table at the restaurant, but if I would just say “wait”, she would settle back down in her seat. So it is definitely much easier to keep her in one place than it was.
6. We were at Macaroni Grill, where they have the butcher paper and crayons on the table. Missy wrote “MOM” on the table. She gave Mom the crayon, and Mom looked at the word, said “Mom”, then wrote it right underneath. Missy also did “Missy”, “Richard”, “Joyce” and a couple of others. Mom did the same with every name. And it was interesting because she didn’t just copy what Missy did, she made the letters they way she writes (Missy might write Richard, Mom would write RICHARD in all caps). And Mom would say the letters out loud as she was writing them, Missy didn’t do that. It was surprising to me because I had tried the same thing with her at Christmas and all she would write was random letters. She never wrote a word, much less write the same word I wrote.
7. Mom sat with me while I was editing videos this evening. She really enjoyed watching the videos. She was counting, saying ABC’s and days of the week along with the videos, mostly doing it better than she had done it originally. She has a lot more patience and a longer attention span, sitting with me for a couple of hours watching me work on the computer.