I know I have mentioned to you all about my Dad and his Alzheimer's.  He passed away on March 29.  I'm very at peace with it, and it is a comfort to me anyways that he is at rest. He had been in the hospital since October and had gotten pneumonia again (3rd time). He had been unresponsive for approximately 10 days prior and wasn't responding to the drug treatment anymore.  We had a really lovely celebration the Sunday following and it was lovely to see how loved he was and what a great fellow people thought he was.  A testament to that was Alzheimer's Society had assigned him a buddy that visited my dad when he was at home once a week.and when my dad was moved to the hospital awaiting ltc this lovely man continued to visit him there weekly.  Many of his nurses and case workers were there, he was a favourite.  I know he was mine.

May he rest in peace, Oscar.  It's so hard to watch the slow decline by dementia and Alzheimer's but as we are there with them through the journey, at the end we are at peace.  When my mom and dad left almost 3 years ago, I was also relieved they were no longer suffering and together forever.  

oscar66 wrote:

Thank you everyone. And I understand what you're saying Tee, and I don't know how you felt writing that but I am surprised it's been 3 years.

It'll be Sept. for my Dad and Nov. for my mom.  I think about them a lot esp my mom since I'm cross stitching so much these days and she loved doing it.  I have 4 of her Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum angels on my walls.  I feel like they are there occasionally and it's strange but the nights they both died, I felt a light move of the blanket so felt it was them telling me goodbye.
 

So sorry to hear about your father's passing, Oscar. 

Lilyr...I've noticed Stusue's absence too.  Hopefully just a computer problem and not a health one.

 

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