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Complex Numbers #534255 added September 10, 2007 at 7:37pm
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Ninety
My father is 90 years old today.
What do you get for a 90 year old with Alzheimer's?
I feel bad about it, but I didn't get anything. Anything useful is already provided; anything not useful only gets "lost" in the special-care community.
He has the best care anyone can hope for - he worked and planned so that now he doesn't have to settle for second best or less. Physically, he's healthy as can be; he only gets three prescriptions, and two of them are Alzheimer's related.
Still, I wouldn't wish his situation on anyone. I keep hoping I'll get hit by a bus, develop lung cancer, or get shot by a jealous husband - anything but Alzheimer's.
What's the point of being 90 if you can't even know whether you enjoy it or not? |
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