It's so hard to see our parents age..

Hi everyone!  I'm typing this post with a very heavy heart and tears in my eyes...  Some of you know that my dad has been in the hospital, he's been in there since last Sunday.  He has had trouble with his legs giving out on him and he had gone down to the barn and did not come back, so my mom went to look for him and found that he had fallen between the house and the barn.  She doesn't know how long he was there and neither does he, but Sunday was a very hot day.  When she did get to him it took 45 minutes for him to get his bearings and to get his legs back under him...  After she finally won the argument she called an ambulance and they took him to the hospital.  He was very dehydrated when they got him there, but everything else seemed okay...  At least no broken bones!!  Monday went fine, and then when he woke up Tuesday it was like a totally different person laying there.  When I called my mom she told me "I have lost the man I married 60 years ago..  The man laying there in the hospital bed is not your Dad."  They did a MRI and have drawn viles and viles of blood, but everything is coming back fine.  We all feel like he has Alzheimer's, but the doctor has not said that yet.  The doctor did tell mom yesterday that he would not let dad go back home the way he is right now.  His doctor was on ER duty last night and while everyone was gone he was going to talk to dad and explain things to him.  I just don't know what this will do to him... He is a very active farmer who has to be doing something outdoors all of his life.  I'm afraid if he has to go into a nursing home it will totally crush him...   My sister and 2 brothers are there so I did not go back this last week.  I have been talking with mom every day, and my sister some, too.  We are 10 hours away, but my husband and I will be going back either later today or early tomorrow..  I just have to let my dad know how much I love him and I really need him to understand what I'm saying...  I was okay up until now, and I guess seeing this in print just makes it so very real..   Please keep my dad and mom in your prayers...
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