I'm really getting worried about Gavin. He's definitely slipping in several key areas of his life, despite how hard I know he's trying. 🙁 It breaks my heart to see him struggle the way he does. Saturday was a ton of repetitive talking and question asking because he couldn't remember a great of what was going on. I'm not sure how else to explain it. He would ask a question, to which he'd already been told the answer (often several times), and when I answered him again, it was like the first time he was hearing it. I feel so helpless because there's nothing we can do to prevent, slow down or put a stop to this downward spiral of cognitive ability.

I was running some errands yesterday and Lizze called me. She was concerned because she's noticing that Gavin's appearing to be more confused than he normally is. I don't remember exactly what she said had happened but I've noticed it as well. In the morning, I'm going to call Dr. Reynolds because I don't know if this is related to the changes in his meds or if this is a natural trend that would be happening regardless. Some of the things I've been noticing is how much he struggling with very simple tasks. We've been avoiding assigning complicated or multipart tasks to Gavin because they are simply outside of his ability. Lately, one step tasks have been proving to be problematic. Yesterday, I handed Gavin a replacement toothbrushe and asked…