Everyone is concerned about my dads eating or lack of it including me of course. I sat with him for at least two hours talking about the food and why it would be good to eat more. I tol him it would help him feel better many times and he would take one or two bites. He will not let anyone feed him. When you say "You should eat some more dad" he asks why. He hates all of this. When he expressed not knowing what to do with himself during the day all I could do as encourage him to do those things he's always done such as reading and listening to music and watching TV at night. He mostly wants to sleep and I can understand that too. Lifting a persons spirits who can't remember the names of basic things or the people he spent time with at the university and church has got to be pretty confusing and discouraging.
I hope to go soon with a friend and play my horn a bit for him. I hope that helps a bit. Otherwise I would just like to spend time with him and normalize our time together by just being there reading and whatever we would have done in his living room. Pondering what people do as a matter of course in life rather than talking him like crazy requiring answers sounds like plan. I personally can go nutty when people ask me tons of questions which require me to reply.
Today I am at home playing catch up.
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