The post, the First.

This blog is to chronicle my adventures and travails with my dad.

My dad has been diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. He has also had a few... we'll call them "micro strokes". The strokes have not left him paralyzed or anything like that, but may be a factor in his ability to think and remember. He is now in his 70's.

My dad was a draftsman at Sperry Flight systems for about 15 years. Because of a very messy divorce he left Sperry and had several jobs, he once worked for Boeing.

His name is Bob, he lives alone and is for the most part independent. He has some problems with short term memory and as such his spacial awareness and other cognitive functions that are dependent on his short term memory are affected.

This blog will meander back and forth with historic information as well as modern anecdotes of our time together. Although it may be written as humorous, it will illustrate how the decline of someone with these conditions, and at some point might help someone see the early signs of problems and get someone else help.