It’s finally confirmed
I’m a nurse who has suspected my dad had dementia for years now. I noticed strange behaviors at my wedding, 5 years ago. He refused to go to a doctor until he and my mom sold their home in Florida and he landed in the hospital due to agitation, hallucinations/psychosis. He ultimately passed on May 1, as he ended up on a ventilator and we let him go peacefully. His autopsy confirmed that he not only had dementia he had Alzheimer’s/dementia, dementia with Lewy Bodies (hallucinations!), and vascular dementia.
I oddly find peace in the confirmation of his diagnoses. It was hard to let him go not knowing for sure he had dementia, but knowing my dad would never be who he was again, this was the most humane way he could have gone. I joined this reddit when he was initially admitted, thinking ahead to if he was discharged. Although I miss him, I’m grateful we didn’t have to walk down an even longer road with this awful disease.