We were sitting in the doctor's waiting room when my father said something that 1 me. "Are you my daughter or my sister?" My heart broke as I stared at him.
The doctor told us my father had Alzheimers(阿尔茨海默病). It was a big 2 for me. I was facing a battle on two fronts, emotional and physical, and I was 3 for it. The disease didn't take him away suddenly. Instead, it slowly 4 him. It made me sad to watch my father hide his 5 to read the clock.
As the disease continued to progress, his behaviors became 6 . We had to face another painful truth—we could no longer provide my father with the level of 7 to keep him safe at home. He 8 to move to a skilled nursing facility.
Babies are born helpless; parents keep on 9 . Children grow up and learn that relationships are reciprocal(相互的). However, the parent-child relationship isn't 10 . The parents remain the giver, and the children remain the taker. That is the natural order of the world — 11 the child becomes the parents' caregiver.
When a(n) 12 appears, we can do something to change the fact. 13 , my father is alive and taken good care of in the nursing home. If he can 14 the illness, then I can make it. I will give him everything he deserves to have as a great father. And we will be 15 with a bright future by doing our best.
