My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's more than a year ago. There haven't been any major situations dealing with my dad, however that changed on Wednesday afternoon when he went for his usual afternoon walk and never came home. He was lost for over 8 hours! He left the house at 1:00 p.m. and was found at 8:30 p.m.

I alerted police, family and neighbours at 5:00 p.m., however it was like trying to find a needle in a hay stack!

A woman walking found my dad standing on the side walk by her home. His walking was unstable and when the woman approached my dad, he asked her if she could call a cab or bus to take him home.

We decided to have him taken to the hospital because we weren't sure if he had fallen and he looked dehydrated.

I checked him in at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night and we came home at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday - 19 very long hours in the hospital with my Dad.

Today, he's back to his old self, and I'm burnt out.

I'm going to bed!

P.S. I am so proud of my family - they came through at a moments notice to help. One cop joked by asking if we were having a mercedes convention at my house with so many cars lined up on the street. Another cop said that a couple of my uncles looked... shady! LOL!

Everything changed....Happy Anniversary to you.