Update on my friend Friedrich......

I am so glad to hear of the good news, and glad that I was able to add him to our prayer list. I am glad that he has a daughter to take care of him and dear friend like you to ask for prayer for him.

It is great to hear Friedrich will be getting out of the hospital on Monday. Having to go into a senior citizens home might be hard to get used to at first but it is best. Dementia can come on quickly and cause some bizarre behavior. Glad all is well for now though.

I'm so sorry for the diagnosis of dementia. Will the home be anywhere near enough for you to visit more often?

Dearest Ritter...Your good news is like a warm breath of spring air, this morning...but it is so sad, that it had to be accompanied with some that is not pleasant. Dementia is such a heart-wrenching condition, and I do hope that the Senior's home is a lovely and secure place. May your soul be at peace in the knowledge that you have shared and cared to the utmost of your ability! I so hate, what you know is lying ahead and he doesn't! Dementia so robs a beautiful person of their senses..and it is just so hard for us to conceive....and he is blessed to have you!

I am so glad that your friends is now doing great. Being in a senior citizen's home might be the best for him coz he will be taken cared very well. You are such a good friend to him. May God bless you for your good heart.

That is beautiful Ritter. Your love for Frederich is something like a rare and lovely flower. You are truly an instrument of Zgod's living heart in so many ways.

There will always be a part of him that will remember you. I am glad he is doing better with his heart issues.

I am glad that he is now okay. I guess die to his old she that he is suffering from a dementia. It is good for you though to think of him b and to go visit him as soon as you are able to.

That's very good of you R and let's hope that the progression of the disease is a slow one.

Oh that is wonderful news, about his heart that is. I am sorry he is showing signs of dementia though.

I'm soooo glad he is better. Dementia is sooooo sad & there is sooo much of it. I know u will do everything u can for him. He is blessed to have u in his life.

You really are such a great friend. I know that there will be times that it will become very difficult for you to spend time with him as his dementia gets worse and he really won't remember who you are. However, it does show what a great friend that you are in declaring that you will continue to visit him and to let him know how much that you do love him. People like you that really are true friends are a breed that is few and far between.

Hello, I come back here before two days so I bet I have missed your previously discussions. Nice to hear that your friend will come back from hospital tomorrow. It is always a hard time in our life's when our friends have heath problems. I hope he will feel better after leaving hospital and he can be proud that he have so good friend who always visit him and helps. And your last sentence make me cry. I want to add you to my friend list so I can follow to your future discussions about your friend Friedrich.

great idea, he need a friend like you. Make sure he is comfortable there. As best you can.

I'm so sorry about his dementia. It's a horrible thing. My father in law is now in a care facility because of Alzheimer's and it is so very sad. I think it is awful for us to live so long only to be empty shells for the last years of our lives. I hope Friedrich does not have a bad case of it and that God takes him home before it gets too bad. You are so blessed to have such a good friend, and he is blessed that you will be with him to the very end.

hi rittersport oh that is good and also sad. I am glad hs heart is better but senile dementia is a bear. I live with my roomie's every day. Now some days she can almost remember somethings but other days she will go downstairs to tell the front desk something and has forgotten what she went down to tell them. I have asked her to tell me her problem so if that happened and she gets back up here I can tell her what she wanted to tell them if Iam making sensel lol All the time I have to tell her what time we eat meals or she will just not go down. sometimes in the evening she will tell me: "oh dont forget to shut off that thing:"pointing to my computer. I will say I never forget as I d not want it on all night.But again the next bnght the same thing.,Or she seed me making a snack fo late evening and ask"are you still hungry?" and again I will tell her "Its not for now its my diabetes bedtime snack." okay so she goes as usual :"I did not know you had diabetes." But really ins some ways I feel useful in helpiing her it helps me to be needed.