Sometimes my father looks awful - like in this picture. He's skinny, he's tired, he's close to the end, I guess. He stopped eating a few months ago - living on toffutti ice cream, chocolate pudding, and honey-thick water and juices. His spirits are okay, though.
The other day we even played cards.
My father died peacefully on February 6, 2012. I had arrived a few hours before he died, so I had time to sit by him and talk and even moisten his lips with the long-promised scotch I had with me. I don't know if he heard me, but he smacked his lips from the scotch, My father had Alzheimer's and had donated his brain to the Alzheimer's study he'd been part of at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. I'll continue to post for a while.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
couldn't stay awake
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