Seroquel

Craig's Seroquel has been increased to the maximum dose. After a couple of weeks, the last two days have been phenomenal. 

He did really well when my family was over yesterday and again today. Not one outburst or angry hallucination. Smiling and communicating. Yesterday I asked him one too many times apparently if he wanted something to drink, to which he finally replied "I said no!". Wow. As he said later when we were putting him to bed, "that was amazing!" This evening while I was feeding him dinner and asked if he'd like a drink of water he said "yes please". Again quoting him, "that was amazing!"

Also today I was trying to show him a picture I had just taken on my cell phone when he actually focused his eyes and squinted to try to see it. I pulled my latest fashion statement off of my head (my reading glasses) and put them on Craig. He raised his eyebrows and smiled and said "heeey!" in a typical Craig voice showing happy surprise. He looked at the photo on my phone and smiled again because he could see it. So I thought to myself, "hmmm I wonder how he would do if I put his glasses back on him?".  He hasn't worn glasses in over a year because during his hallucinations he would pull them off and break them. I went upstairs, tried to fix his last broken pair and put them on Craig. It was evident that he could see better and it seemed to make him happy. He still has confusion and the disease scrambles his sight, but I believe they helped. He looked me in the eye and did his little "shocked look of surprise" again and smiled his big smile at me. Melt. 

Pics from today. The little man is our grand nephew Ramón who comes with my niece and her fiancé to care for Craig.

All moments to cherish. I don't know how long this good run of days will last, but I'm relishing every second of the real Craig that is coming through. I never know if I'll ever hear or see these things in him again. He still doesn't remember my name, or a lot of times that we are married, but most times he remembers that he loves me and still puckers up to kiss me.  :)