Sunday news

We visited Mum this evening, as we'd been out to lunch earlier on.

Unfortunately she didn't remember that we'd told her the previous day we'd be going to the evening visit - so she worried when we didn't arrive in the afternoon.

But she remembered Andy (my eldest brother) ringing up and asking if she'd bought Christmas presents for the grandchildren.

So, as Dad says, we think the gaps in her memory are getting smaller every day.

Mum's using a diary to help her remember things, as suggested by the nurses.

She's now asked us to bring her some make-up, and some real coffee and Earl Grey teabags. We'll do that when we go to visit her tomorrow afternoon.

Next instalment tomorrow evening.

Emily