Later today, my sister and I (and some other close family, like my dad's only remaining brother) will say goodbye to Dad for the last time. I've been thinking about what best to say on such a horrible horrible ocassion. And it will be over the phone, since I'm still in Czechia. It's not fully hit me, yet his deterioration has been a long process over the years. I want to only remember him as the dad we knew before my mother's early death. There are a lot of memories I much prefer before that time.

My brother is still in the hospital suffering. Sis was told that he's having auditory and visual hallucinations, and paranoia. They'll be testing why. We sure hope his cancer has not spread to his brain. If not, it would seem understandable having these reactions, given all the stress and misery. Perhaps my poor brother may not have a chance to say goodbye to Dad.