My Dad's Writings--Mother's Illness

My Dad has been writing a series on his blog about struggles of our family through the long illness that my Mother suffered from 1970 until her death in 1997. What my Dad leaves out is how both of them kept an even keel, no sign of panic, almost to the point where we did not even grasp how serious the matter was. It is amazing looking back at my Father's life at that time. In addition to my Mother, my Grandmother Barer had a then little known disease called Alzheimer's that was progressing rapidly. My Dad's Uncle Dave, who was his business partner, was having heart problems. On top of that, my sister and I were going through the turbulence of adolescence. Oh, and did I mention my 2 little brothers?