Morning with Daddy

Today was Friday - my morning with daddy was one of those rollercoaster mornings.

Daddy has been very quiet, only making unintelligable noises for the most part all week. Staring in space. He has even started pulling your hand to his mouth and instead of giving you a kiss, he shows his teeth as if to bite. This is the same thing grandma did when she was going through this journey. The last time I talked to Dr. Fleniken in the hall, he just said it was the progression and not an increase or change in his meds. He told me he may stop talking at any time.

During the visit, the activities director tried to get daddy to respond to some simple commands and he just stared into space - no response. Daddy's friend Ken from the Purple Heart came to visit, and again - no response. During lunch -no response, although he did eat well. When I left, I went through the same routine. Telling daddy I would be back, how much I enjoyed the time we had together and the usual "I love you daddy". I was hoping to hear the usual response "I love you too baby" but he surprised me! His response today was "You know I love you" I was so shocked, happy and it made my whole day! Thank you Jesus for answering my prayers today. I really needed to hear him put some new words together.