Have you seen my Daddy?

I truly wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, this disease that is slowly taking my Daddy away.  And I'm not even witnessing his slowly slipping away first hand, only through daily calls to Mom and sisters.  Dad's been battling some kind of dementia for the past 11  years, the worst years being the last two.  The stories of Daddy not remembering where the bathroom in the house is, or who is that lady he's been married to for the past 54 years and whats her name.  The silly things that could almost make you laugh quickly turned into heartbreaking stories filled with unbelievable sadness.  The time eventually came and he needed more care than Momma could possibly give, a hard decision  and the placement made.  This sweet man has been consumed by a disease so unfair and so cruel that my Daddy isn't truly there anymore.  Only time will tell what his future holds but in the meantime our family is mourning a passing of a Daddy in the hardest of ways.