In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> BOB wrote:
> > In ,
> > jmcquown > typed:
> >
> > (no, she really did. I checked the headers and the attributions 4
> > times)
> >
> >
> >> Get over it. I have. In fact, I can't wait until my father dies.
> >
> >> Woo hoo!
> >>
> >> Jill
>
> The man has Alzheimer's. He can't remember it's not Ronald RAYGUN who is
> President let alone which Bush it is. It's time for him to give up the
> ghost, and yes I'm sorry to say so. He's already decided my mother will
> move to Memphis and be housed in some sort of "facility" even though she
> doesn't need the assistance he does. So, I'm being unkind and uncaring in
> hoping he'll just go quietly into that good night? Mom would be living a
> much more peaceful life not having to deal with his rantings and ravings all
> day and all night, you can trust me on that one.
>
> Jill

Alzheimer's is rough. :-(
You have my sincere empathy......

But again, why does she not place him in a nursing home so she does not
have to deal with this? It's _got_ to seriously suck!

My father is having some memory problems now and I'm scared to death
that it might be going in that direction. We are trying to head it off
with some supplemental therapy. It does not appear to be getting any
worse yet, but he has good days and bad days...
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson