About a month ago John's son Rick shared that his dad had been hospitalized with a lung infection that they couldn't knock, and that while in the hospital he started showing signs of increasing dementia. The lung infection cleared, but the dementia remained. About a week ago John suffered a stroke and has now been moved to a nursing care facility. Rick said this morning that he's basically been non-communicative since the move, and seems to have lost the ability to reply, but does give an occasional sigh or grunt to things said to him. Hoping for the best, but John isn't doing well right now.