1. Dad tried writing some words and having her write them today. She did not do well, and went back to writing random letters. We think the medicine is starting to wear off, and she is regressing just a little.
2. Dad also did some counting and ABC’s today, and said Mom did pretty well with that. They also practiced the names on the powerpoint, and she did well with that also.
Tomorrow we get to go back to the clinic for Mom's second treatment. Here's hoping for more progress.
Don't be discouraged...tomorrow will be a better day. The wonderful thing about this treatment is that you can actually say that...normally with AD you can't expect "tomorrow" to be better.
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Felicia
The half life of the drug is 5 days I think you said. It takes about five to seven "half lives" for the drug to get at steady state if she is given the drug weekly. So you will see regression after the first shot, it should get less and less and she should stabilize around a month or longer. Pat
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