"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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Wilbur, even in compassionate response, you manage to screw it up.

Said fondly, not in disappointment or anger :{))

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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OT - Phone call to my Dad...

My father, who used to be, first, a Grumman Avenger Navy pilot
during WWII,
and, 50 years later, a private pilot, is in the landing pattern,
wheels down
and locked, landing lights on, and the runway lights have come on
for his
final transfer.

snippage

Alzheimer's is an sad way to go, especially for surviving loved ones.
It's a slow decay of the higher brain functions. One wonders, when
somebody's in the later stages of it if they really even know what's
going on around them. Things like a Skype phone call are probably
more for the benefit of the caller than the called.

I'd say may he rest in peace but I'm not sure if perhaps I should say
instead God Bless his soul as when exactly does the soul depart? When
the brain goes or when the heart goes? I'd think probably the brain.
Hang in there, Skippy! He might well already have taken that
journey.

Wilbur Hubbard

He's dying from dementia, which is very much different from
Alzheimer's, as folks don't hang around for years as mental vegetables
under the influence of dementia.

And, he's been growing into his death for years, with his faith.

That said, your observations are spot on, and I have no doubt that
he's at peace.

However...

He's not in yet :{)) - just completed the call to Harbor Control.

But, thanks for the sentiment. Perhaps we'll get out of this filthy
yard yet this year!



Perhaps you should read this:

http://www.alzinfo.org/08/about-alzh...enile-dementia

Senility or senile dementia and Alzheimer's are used pretty much
interchangeably these days.

"What is Senile Dementia?
Senile dementia is the mental deterioration (loss of intellectual
ability) that is associated
with old age. Two major types of senile dementia are identified: those
due to generalized
"atrophy" (Alzheimer's-type dementia) and those due to vascular problems
(mainly, strokes).
Senile dementia is often used when referring to Alzheimer's disease."

Wilbur Hubbard