Daily News | When he couldn’t find words, he yelled: What aphasia looked like in my dad
I first noticed something was different about my father on a phone call. It was about 10 years ago, during one of our check-ins, when he couldn’t find a word he wanted to say. This wasn’t the usual “whatchamacallit” that everyone has now and then; it was different.house in Wyndmoor that felt so empty after my mother died, he tried to stutter out a word he wanted, then gave up, slapping his knee in frustration.“I don’t know,” he said, shaking his head..
As an only child, I was my father’s primary caregiver. And since I knew him best, when he began to struggle more to speak, I became his primary translator. In my 30s, as my friends were throwing themselves into careers, getting promotions and raises, I could only take part-time work so I could bring my dad to the doctor, the store, and wherever else he needed to go.
He stayed home more, silently watching other people talk on TV. And when he couldn’t find words, he would bellow in frustration the one wordas a gentle giant , but the affable man who used to love making people laugh started scaring my toddler and the many nurses’ aides I paid to try to interpret his needs.in Elkins Park, which hosted a support group for people with aphasia.
As an actor, Bruce Willis is immortalized by his work, which included words that became his signature . So the best of him can never be forgotten, which I hope provides some comfort for his daughters.
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