Transcript
It was very scary at times to be with somebody
who could be so unpredictable, to not really know
what was going to set him off, to not know when he was
going to have a bad day and just not be able to be there.
And there were certainly many times that I just thought,
"Boy, this is really hard, is it really worth it
to keep hanging in there?"
But down deeper, I really did believe it was worth it.
I really believed that Don, the person he was before,
the good, sweet, gentle guy, was still there, we just had to
get through all this, but it was really hard sometimes.
And you couldn't trust it and depend on it, like if you
had plans to do something special or to go somewhere,
many times he would just either not show up
or he'd call and say, "I can't do it today.
I'm having a bad day, I'm not going to come."
And that's very hard, and that's very heartbreaking
over and over again.
And there were many times when I really did think,
"Is it really worth it?"
But thank God, I did stick it out, and I knew how determined
he was to get better, and I have to say we're just very lucky
because he really came out on the other side.
He really, because of his determination and he did
all the hard work to get there, he really is
the sweet, wonderful guy he always was.