Dub Update
I hadn't seen WB for almost a month when I stopped by yesterday with Laura and Elizabeth to pay him a visit. We found the old boy well-groomed, cheery, and extremely chatty. He rambled on quite contentedly about one thing and another, none of which made any sense to me but it all seemed to make great sense to him. He kept cracking himelf up, and, on occasion, pointed his index finger at me aggresively when, I supposed, an important point was being made.
The Dubster can see, taste, touch, smell, and hear, though this last sensory stimuli is suspect at best. I asked him in a voice loud enough to wake the dead if he'd seen Bob. "HAVE YOU SEEN BOB?" The Dub did not respond. But when I wrote the question on a piece of paper he read aloud, "Have you seen Bob?" And then he nodded and muttered something that sounded like, "Is Bob making a decent wage?"
So yes, the Dub communicates.
This Dementia is a crazy fuckin thing.
The Dubster can see, taste, touch, smell, and hear, though this last sensory stimuli is suspect at best. I asked him in a voice loud enough to wake the dead if he'd seen Bob. "HAVE YOU SEEN BOB?" The Dub did not respond. But when I wrote the question on a piece of paper he read aloud, "Have you seen Bob?" And then he nodded and muttered something that sounded like, "Is Bob making a decent wage?"
So yes, the Dub communicates.
This Dementia is a crazy fuckin thing.
posted by Bill Simpson at 6/09/2006 06:17:00 AM
3 Comments:
Bill,
That is very interesting. Considering his refusal to get a hearing aid, perhaps we should try writing instead of speaking. Has anyone else tried this?
i don't know if anyone else has tried this but we held a whole conversation by me writing, him reading, and then kind of responding. i wrote that laura was his daughter-in-law and elizabeth his granddaughter. he read this aloud and then looked them over and broke into a broad grin.
Cute
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