Whew! So much going on within family that I won't even mention save that Helen now has a deeper shade of rose-colored glasses and was a bit more disoriented during the first of the week than she was Thursday/Friday. The only other change has been: more laid-back, more naps but all in all, that's all.

A few tussles over taking her Namenda, which she says she "takes when she goes to bed." Yes, I let her do that one time this past week knowing that I would know when I walked in the door the next morning whether she took it or not (radical change for the worse, a lot of rummaging, sort of manic in that way.) Anyway, a five-year-old could spot it. She is liable to forget to forget her meds (I do.) I won't let that happen should she get horsey about it again. As I've said, I'm not above mixing one that has been crushed to powder into her food or drink. I hope it doesn't come to that, but it is standard operating procedure when dealing with a non-compliant elderly person. R