I am walking to honor my Grandpa. I unfortunately had to watch this disease rob him of who I knew growing up, in to a completely different person. Memories gone, people's faces gone. I have heard stories of the otherside of what Alzheimer's can do not just the memory loss but paranoia, mood changes. Once the Alzheimer's set it it wasn't very long before I started to loose the man I knew. I was heartbreaking and to know there wasn't anything that could be done except make him as comfortable as possible. He was in assisted living so my dad and uncle and aunt would try to go visit, take him on outings and then Covid hit and we could no longer see him. The last time I saw him was March 8th and he got sick and passed away June 19th. I hope one day we can find a cure so that there aren't so many families that have to deal with this heartache.

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