Posted by notjustair on August 30, 2015 at 09:49:33 from (70.195.6.29):
In Reply to: Dad is on the mend posted by Banditfarmer on August 30, 2015 at 07:36:57:
You will kill him if you stop him cold turkey. Get that combine ready, sit him in the tractor loader and get him in that combine. God forbid it would be his last harvest, but you would be glad you did it if it was. There's no reason he needs a machine that he could try to run on his own, but the times that you involve him with you will be valuable. It may take longer if you have to help him on a machine, but you will always remember you did it.
When grandpa started getting bad we would get him on the Farmall M and have him grind feed. He just drove it from bin to bin and barked orders. I shoveled all of the grain and opened gates. He was happiest up there and I'm glad he was involved as long as he was. He will decide what slowing down looks like for him. In the meantime you will have more time together.
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