A surprise visitor

Dianna was surprised when I walked into her room with a surprise visitor.  I told her that Kevan Caswell had come to see her.  Kevan is my late brother Steve's son.  As expected Dianna couldn't place him but, as I related various occasions when we spent time with him she seemed to have a clearer idea of who he is. While it is difficult to know what Dianna is thinking at the best of times I felt confident by her behavior that she knew him. I'm told Alzeimers patients often recognize people by their voice as voices don't change much.

Regardless, Di seemed comfortable with Kevan as she chatted with him saying enough that Kevan could pick out things she was talking about.

The next day we visited Dianna again and this time Scott joined us. Dianna was delighted to have this much company and made an effort to engage in conversation with us.  At one point Kevan mentioned Toronto and Dianna's reply was "been there, done that"..which got a good laugh from all of .  On another occasion she turned to Scott and Kevan and said"ignore him" (meaning me of course). She was in good spirit and quite enjoyed our visit as the picture shows.