This reminds me of my mother after they removed her brain tumor. She’d seemed like she had Alzheimer’s for a while, not being able to remember things. After the surgery, we waited to see if there’s be improvement in her memory and if she’s return to herself. I guess I was hoping for a miracle, but she remained pretty much the same as she had been before the surgery, she just didn’t get much worse. She looked like my mom and she could move around on her own, but she wasn’t herself.
That Don is able to speak so coherently means that things are much, much better than with my mother! ;-)