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Just an Update...

 So many small things, it's hard to remember to jot them all down.

I have noticed he is struggling with words more lately. Sometimes he substitutes words as if they were right, other times he just cannot remember the word he wants to say. I feel him getting more frustrated every day.

When he took the bus to the casino the last time, I had to go pick him up at the Mall/Bus Terminal because he could not remember how to get home from there. This is the first time that he hasn't known his way home.

Today I overhead him calling the DMV to find out the status of his driver's license, as if the status was going to change from "suspended for medical reasons". He kept asking the poor guy for any new info, telling him who his doctor was, where the doctor worked, tests he had to have in the future to keep his class B license.

Apparently, it was on his record that his license was suspended due to cognitive impairment, so the guy tried to mention that, but Rob just kept talking. So, the guy just told him he was going to let Rob go and have a nice day. At least he was kind about it.

When he got off the phone, he asked again about the day program coming up this Thursday. Though I have told him several times the date, the date, the time, etc., he kept asking and then saying the wrong time and date. Over and over. He was worried about it conflicting with his dentist appointment which is Wednesday next week.

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