Thanks man. He was hospitalized last week after a fall with a bleed on the brain stem and we were essentially told he won't be coming home (he will be transferred to a rehab facility and then assisted living and skilled nursing as things go downhill). It's tough because he was diagnosed so long ago (1998) and the progression has been so slow for the majority of that time, now that things are speeding up it's really hard to cope with the reality that he's never going to get better and all his memories will never come back to him again. He was a pilot and a flight instructor and every time I hear or see a plane in the sky it really hurts. The slow withering away is the worst. Fortunately he was very much into family history and spent a lot of time preserving old photos and researching the different branches of the family both here and in Germany. So I still have all the memories he left for me. Not much comfort for me now but I'm hoping it will be.
Thanks man. He was hospitalized last week after a fall with a bleed on the brain stem and we were essentially told he won't be coming home (he will be transferred to a rehab facility and then assisted living and skilled nursing as things go downhill). It's tough because he was diagnosed so long ago (1998) and the progression has been so slow for the majority of that time, now that things are speeding up it's really hard to cope with the reality that he's never going to get better and all his memories will never come back to him again. He was a pilot and a flight instructor and every time I hear or see a plane in the sky it really hurts. The slow withering away is the worst. Fortunately he was very much into family history and spent a lot of time preserving old photos and researching the different branches of the family both here and in Germany. So I still have all the memories he left for me. Not much comfort for me now but I'm hoping it will be.