Beef Stir Fry!

Months after Gary has gone silent and not spoken, yesterday he surprised us all and said three words aloud.  It was nice to hear his voice.

For quite some time, Gary would only whisper and repeat words that he heard.  If there was any original thought, we only had one shot at hearing it.  While feeding him his soup last night, there was a grandson of one of the residents sitting next to Gary feeding his grandmother.  The grandson had seen the menu for the Assisted Living Side of the house when he came in and was telling his grandmother that the residents were having Beef Pot Pie for dinner.  One of the caregivers overheard and corrected him by saying "No, they are having Beef Stir Fry."  The grandson told his grandmother, "I'm sorry, you are having Beef Stir Fry."


Without hesitation, Gary said in a loud voice "Beef Stir Fry."  I was shocked.  He quietly went back into his shell and said nothing else.  He was sitting up straight today with his eyes wide open.  By the end of the meal, he was asleep.

The daily differences in his progression into the darkness of the disease is amazing.