Friend: how’s dad?
Me: he’s struggling. We went to a restaurant the other day and it was tough to watch him eat.
Me: overall he’s okay but for us, it’s tough watching someone die.
Me: no happy news there, unfortunately
Friend: right
Friend: how much does he know?
Me: he’s disappointed that the treatments haven’t gone better and that he needs to continue to his medications
Me: he talks to me about what he hopes to do when this is over
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We don’t plan on telling my father his prognosis is bleak. There is no point because, at this point, he cannot process stress well. It will only pain him to know the last few months of his life are spent being dependent and mostly homebound.