Morning activity: Investigating what Mom really sees, how much info she processes. Can she still read?
Flashcard > Response
Y > Irvin
N > (I forget what she said)
H > Dine, Sarabelt (she spelled out both these words for me)
G > Sandal, Saturate
V > Irvin
O > Goodman's (brandname, Passover foods)
W > Irvin, Withall, Sandwich
US > Sarah, Irvin
(Mom's mother’s name was Sarah, her brother was Irvin, also called Aryeh)
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In no case did she correctly identify a letter. It was more like free association. And yet she hallucinates word-find puzzles and "sees" those letters. Plus, great vocabulary, still, and knows what the words mean. I think it may be a broken circuit due to stroke, because one eye still works for color and objects and general orientation.
Update: Later I showed her playing cards and she identified number and suit with minimal difficulty (not immediate, but within 5-10 seconds). And I showed her an ace, and she pointed out the As -- so those small letters she can see but not the fat 2" letters in marker. So I made a set of cards with the letter in the center, about three-quarters of an inch tall, with a sharpie. She could identify them! This is so curious. To be continued.
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