In a message dated 97-06-12 23:52:48 EDT, [log in to unmask] (Ken Becker) writes: << Sue, it may make you feel better to know that you dad still IS very intelligent, it is just not being able to be properly communicated. It's like talking on a bad telephone line, the people at both ends are making sense, but the static is scrambling and muffling the sounds. >> Ken, That does make me feel better, and he definately has on and off times. Sometimes he seems very confused, and can't even figure out which set of pills he should be taking out of the compartments of his pill box that is marked Morn. Noon, and Eve. Sue