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dad, day 2 in the hospital - a video

I'll post video and photos from when Dad's disease hadn't yet progressed this far.  He was having hallucinations last year, but he was aware they were hallucinations.  One of his recurring hallucinations is of me. He always sees me near him. xora

here we are

Here we are. I've decided to journal what we're going through now and how we got here. Presently, my dad (79) was diagnosed with dementia 2 or so years ago, and it's recently been pinpointed as Lewy Body Dementia. My mom (76) has always had mental health issues, but no one dares to talk to her about it. It's gotten to the point we suspect she has some dementia as well. Additionally, she's legally blind (macular degeneration) and has been for over 20 years. Jimmy (my son), D (my partner) and I moved to a home down the street from them in 2015 in part to try to help out. But their stubbornness and pride kept them from letting us help most of the time. Cut to 2020. D was offered a job in Salt Lake City. My mom encouraged us to go, and really, financially we needed to. In November, we lost D's dad who also suffered from dementia and Parkinsons. Thankfully he passed rather quickly but of course we were devastated. Because of covid, we couldn't go to the funeral a...