Holding on to hope

One thing that is very hard to do with alzheimer's patients is to see change when you are with them every day.
I brought Joyce with me to my tax man recently and he and I experienced about 45 minutes of Joyce just sitting there relaxed with her leg crossed. To regular folks this most probably sounds trivial but Henry, my tax man, commented on how much change (for the better) he saw in her since last year.
We are still on injections every 2 weeks and will most probably continue that for a while.
Regarding her incontinence there seems to be a pattern of increased difficulty about 3 to 5 days following the injection then a significantly less occurence after that.
She remains a "happy camper" and for that we all are grateful. She still seems to respond to requests and instructions reasonably well.
Her aphasia hasn't improved but she will parrot almost any thing and can still spell words if it is stated and she is prompted with the first letter.
I am still hoping that maybe in time her aphsia will lessen.
PAL