Prayers for my father

Kryptoglow

Kryptoglow

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Hey all,

Some of you know that my father has Alzheimer's and I've been traveling back and forth to aid my parents for the last few months. I have also been setting up perk test and such things so I can have them move here beside me. I was planning on having all that finished and them living here in another month.

Yesterday I went to their home and found out that my father had fallen off their balcony 12-15' onto the sidewalk below. He had become disoriented and fallen in the middle of the night. He laid there til 8 in the morning through a rain storm before my mother realized he was missing. He had bleeding on the brain and has a shattered ankle, and two multiple fractured bones in his lower legs.
We have been in constant prayer and God has been good to us. His bleeding has stopped and he's been cleared from any concerns in the neurology dept. He is going to need rods and plates for his legs and I would appreciate any prayers you would be willing to give on his behalf.
I will be speeding up the process of moving them here and I'm sure my ability to work in the shop will suffer a bit. Thanks again for any prayers and I appreciate your understanding regarding my slower output in business....

Thanks, Dan @ KG
 
Prayers sent. Family should always be first. I hope the healing is quick and relatively painless.
 
The road ahead may not be the easiest, and may be bumpy at times, but with such a caring son such as yourself I am sure there is no one else they'd prefer to travel it with. Prayers sent to you and your parents.
 
Prayers sent from NYC. After reading this..I called my mom who is a minister and asked her for a prayer for your dad and for you. Stay strong !
 
Good luck with everything. Stay strong. Your parents must be proud to have a son like you.
 
Praying for and remembering your dad today. As one who has seen the horrors of dementia/memory loss with my own father, I know what you and your mom are going through. It's pure hell.
 
Prayer sent from the mountains of NC. Hopefully everything turns out okay. I remember what it was like watching my great grandmother just wasting away from Alzheimer's and it got to the point that she hadn't known anyone for years (at times I questioned in my head if she even knew anyone was in the room with her at all) before she passed away a couple of years ago.

Kryptoglow said:
I will be speeding up the process of moving them here and I'm sure my ability to work in the shop will suffer a bit. Thanks again for any prayers and I appreciate your understanding regarding my slower output in business....
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No worries here, I'm sure that everyone understands family comes before work.
 
We have Bible Study all this week and I will ask that everybody says a Prayer for your Father and you and your Family that are going through these troubled times.* Trust in God and believe in him and his miracles ~~ as miracles do come true.*
 
I've been through this with my father, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
 
Seeing all these responses is uplifting and truly encourages my family and I. I really appreciate the prayers and have faith in his complete recovery. It sure is nice to know so many here are fellow believers. I know the prayers of the saints through Christ avail much and It's great to have so many fellow brothers and sisters to call on in tough times. God bless you all.
 
Dan, smoke and prayers from NEPA, I've had to deal with Alzheimer's with my wife's mother and other family members, I know they can try your patience and and they will more frequently as the disease progresses. Kudos to you for what your doing, it's hard.

Best advice I can give you is to be patient and if you feel like your losing it, walk away, is are when you come back they won't even remember so it is up to you to move on, we had some really great moments with my mother in law that were memorable because of her condition, (you have to find humor where and when you can)(if you're angry all the time you'll find reasons not to be there) and because we were there we have a lot more memories, which brings me to the second piece of advice, realize when you can't take care of them/him and be able to admit it and let someone more qualified take over.

When that time comes spend as much time as you can reliving the old days because that's usually what they remember most and whether you bring in a caretaker or in the case of my mother in law, she became to ill for us to take care of her at home so we had to bring here to a nursing home, (there are good ones out there) in either case always keep a presences, it keeps everybody on the same page in regards to your dad and 15 minutes a visit will mean a lot to him and you.

Pm me if you ever wanna talk I'll give you my# , BTW I worked in a county run nursing home as a mechanic and because maintenance had to have 24/7 coverage I've been there at all hours and the best cared for residents were the ones whose family made it a point to make sure some one from the family interacted in some way a few times a week, even if all it was was a phone call.

Sorry for the long reply but I really can sympathize, I know what you're going through and what your about to go through.
Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.
 
Love and prayers from south Texas. My heart goes out to your dad and the rest of your family, of course. Keep the faith, brother. Sometimes it's all we can hold onto.
 
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