Battery Park

The Brownian motion of a spirit through this myth called reality.

2008/4/17

From Wednesday

@ 07:41 AM (3 months, 8 days ago)

Noone reads this, but should anyone come across it, my dad is back... extremely frail, damaged, and maybe not whole... but no longer empty.

And I don't know if this is a good thing or not.

He thinks he's in California, circa 1991 (or maybe 1983). And he doesn't want to move to that "damn cold hell" - Minnesota.

I stroked his hair, and asked softly, "Do you want the bad news yet?"

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  1. Hey Harry, I'm going to send you a separate email this evening. In the meantime, hang in there buddy. Not to be presumptuous, but right now you are in the "do whatever you think is right" mode. You've made good choices throughout your life, you have people to consult with. You job is to do what you think best because there is no reason in the future for you to beat yourself up over what if's. Sorry, as if saying typing sorry makes anything better. You are being sent some positive vibes from here.

    Comment by Barry G.— 2008/04/18 @ 03:56 AM — (Reply)

  2. whats wrong with your pop

    Comment by mos— 2008/04/18 @ 03:59 AM — (Reply)

  3. The current incident centered on what, in common parlance, would be called a series of "mini-strokes" he suffered late Saturday night. He has a long and glorious history of alcoholism-induced neural damage, of which this was just the latest and most severe example.

    Monday found him on a ventilator, and unresponsive to anything but outright pain, and only barely responsive to that. We were bracing ourselves for some tough decisions.

    Of course, the old bastard is too stubborn (my sister's words) to let us off that easy, and he's back with us, mostly. There does seem, to me at least, to be some damage to his memory that's different from past episodes of disorientation.

    But at least physically, he's on the mend and getting stronger.

    Thanks for asking. :)

    Comment by Michael— 2008/04/18 @ 06:41 AM — (Reply)

  4. Hey Sorry to hear about your pops.

    Comment by jim— 2008/04/18 @ 06:54 AM — (Reply)

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