Not much new going on really. Met with the psychiatrist who added another medication while cutting back on one he was already taking. Doesn't really seem to be making a huge amount of difference. But then.. I guess we don't really know what he'd be like without it either. It gets a little tense around dinner time when every 3 minutes he wants to crate the dogs... long before dinner is ready. Brain doc said that kind of patterning is what she'd expect... he can't sequence, but gets into patterns with certain behaviors or phrases. On the other hand.. far dissimilar to something like Alzheimers .. his memory is great for the most part: recognizes people, can recite our phone number, Kev's and my cell phone numbers, plenty of sports trivia.

Had a lot of friends step up to the plate this week: church friends are bringing dinners twice a week, John came by and spent some time with Glen this morning.. I kept thinking of all the things I could do.. then distinctly heard my grief counsellor's voice in my head saying "you need time to just BE!" So I went to Starbucks, had breakfast, read the paper, caught up with my e-mail... it was lovely. I knew Glen was going to be a little difficult to deal with.. he gets that way after a change in routine.. but it was great for me, and I'm going to try to do that on a more regular basis. And we heard from our friends Susan and Steve who are going to try to stop by some time for a visit. If nothing else it gives me a chance at real conversations!