Maybe it's not dementia

Over and over DH says he does not have dementia.

The neurologist said to take him to 1/2 the dose of Namenda. Since the change there has been no change in his memory. No more and no less.

DH saw his psychologist last week. I was present. The doctor gave DH the standard 30 question test for dementia. He passed 28 out of 30. He had the wrong month and couldn't remember the third item in a list of words. I passed 29 out of 30. I couldn't remember the third item in a list of words. The psychologist strongly feels that the staff infection was messing with DH brain and cause symptoms that everyone took to be dementia.

We go back to the neurologist in three months (sometime in October) and then we will see if he is willing to stop the Namenda entirely.

It is a waiting game, but the results could be fantastic. I refuse to get my hopes up. It is very hard not to.

Please keep praying for all dementia patients, their extended families and friends and their caregivers. You have no idea how these prayers help.