Day 111 – Grayson’s Condition

Dear family and friends

Today we picked up Grayson after he finished his weekly grocery shopping.

We took Grayson to lunch after all of the groceries were put away. Both Regina and I noticed that he is much more controlled with the speed of his eating. His hands still shake like the dickens, and we make sure that his glass is only filled half way. It was a noisy place, and that is not usually good with Grayson these days. Nonetheless, he behaved well, and was able to carry on a small amount of conversation.

After leaving the restaurant, we drove around a bit as have spent very little time trying to get to know this place – geography, centers of interest, etc. We spent an hour or so just driving around seeing things, locating the local museum and shopping for a hand strengthener at Sport Chalet. Then we decided to head back to our hotel to get some things. While there, we watched a movie on TV, Marley and Me. Grayson laughed out loud at some of the scenes and it was a delightful lazy afternoon.

After the movie, we went downstairs to the hotel restaurant for dinner. It was not crowded and not noisy – good things for Grayson. We had a leisurely dinner (something we could not have done two weeks ago) and asked him lots of questions. Tonight he remembered the street name where he is living – that's the first time he has been able to answer that question for us. Great news, and a little bit of short term memory that is working!

After dinner, it was back in the car, and off to the residence. Once there, he was done for the day. He got ready for bed and was in it less than 20 minutes after we arrived.

While still markedly improved from two weeks ago, today Grayson was off his game a bit compared to yesterday - another up and another down. The good news is that he IS improved in our observation. More good news – Grayson is looking forward to going to church with us tomorrow!

Pax!

Brant