Ginger quotes from 7th Heaven

Annie

Ginger, what a nice surprise. Where's Dad?

Ginger

I don't know.

Annie

What? What do you mean you don't know? What's going on?

Ginger

Uh, Annie, honey, your father...well...I don't know where he is.

Ginger

About 3 months ago, I started noticing some changes in Charles' behavior.

Annie

What changes?

Ginger

Difficulty in buttoning his shirt, trouble saying certain words, feeling lost in familiar places, misplacing things, and, uh, so we went to see the doctor.

Annie

And?

Ginger

And after a battery of tests your father was diagnosed as being in the very early stages of Alzheimer's. I couldn't tell you this over the phone, I just couldn't. And so I just, um, hopped on a plane and headed here.

Annie

Are you saying my dad has Alzheimer's?

Ginger

I'm afraid so.

Ginger

We're gonna make sure that dad gets the best medical care possible.

Annie

That's not the problem. The problem is getting him to except the fact that he has to deal with this. You see, I'm afraid to leave him alone. You saw what happened with the barbecue. But if he doesn't believe that there's anything wrong with him, it's hard to convince him that he needs someone when I'm not there. I mean, what if... he takes off again? What if he goes somewhere and forgets how to get back home? Or he forgets what his name is?

Charles

I didn't know I was scaring everyone. I'm sorry. It's just that if I agree with the doctors that they're right, then I have to start facing up to this thing. And I don't know that I can.

Annie

We're gonna get through this. We are. You're not alone.