Dad broke his leg last Friday, and was operated on Saturday to install a plate. Dad has had alzheimers, but his wife has done a wonderful job taking care of him...up to now he has been mostly continent and lucid, and not too much different than any 89 year old. He could pretty much take care of himself, more or less.
Apparently as a result of the surgery/anesthesia, his cognitive level has taken a steep reversal. To the point where he is in a nursing home, not continent, and hallucinating...this is not good. Hard to see someone you worshipped as a kid in this condition.
He graduated from High School and left home at 16, joined the CCC's as a surveyor, got an engineering degree, fought in WW2(saw combat)...worked as an engineer till age 70...and now this.