Dad is still in the Cottage. He is still hanging on, but, is slowly fading. His eyes are failing, it is getting more and more difficult for him to read the newspaper. Reading the paper was something that he did more thoroughly than anyone I have ever seen. He read every word in there. News, advice, editorial, classifieds, you name it, he read it. But strangely enough, only the paper. His reading never carried over into books and such. He did go through a "phase" of reading light, local history books, but it was never as much as "the paper"
I am glad that we stood our ground when he went into the Abbotsford Hospital. Hard to believe that a guy that left the Hospital and went to the Cottage, has never gotten out of bed, was pronounced "ready to discharge" by the Patient Care Administrator. Absolutely no way that Mom, and the rest of us, could have even remotely handled caring for him.
It is very difficult to see a guy that is a "Hero of our Country", fading away. He always worked his hardest and his best. He was never afraid of a day's work and often would seek out "something to do" just for fun.
Anyway, more later.
