The disease is starting to progress more. Bob is doing everything he can do to try and delay the progress but his short term memory is getting a lot worse, which makes him ask the same questions over and over to me, like 10 minutes a part. It gets draining on me but I know it is 10 times worse on him.
March 26, 2016 - This was the first punch in the stomach for me. I call "punch in the stomach" a new realization or something that happens that makes me face reality when I have been trying to ignore it. Here is mine, it was Saturday before Easter and I just made my grandkids 5 Easter baskets and gave them to Bob to hide in the basement like he has always done. The next morning when the kids arrived, they asked if PawPaw had hidden the baskets and did he hide them in hard places to find. I said lets ask him, when we asked PawPaw that question, he said I don't know what you are talking about. I said remember yesterday when I gave you the kids Easter baskets and he said no! This was my punch in the stomach. My first with Bob, I knew then something was wrong. My son-in-law Nick went downstairs and found them just sitting all together in the back of the basement not hidden. Up to this time Bob was forgetful but just the normal stuff. I just thought he tuned me out, I was al...
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