BB: Bob Huggins

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[*Fox2Monk*]

That is sad, my FIL had dementia and Alzheimer’s and I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. It stripped him of his dignity, his personalty, and basically he was a shell of himself that barely ate and breathed. It was hell on our family watching him wither away, taking care of him was hard but watching the pain he suffered was the worst. Prayers to Huggins family. May he find peace.

 

[ORCAT]

No matter how anyone felt about Huggins this is very sad to hear about. As the poster above said, I wouldn't wish this kind of illness on my worst enemy. Very difficult on the person but extremely difficult on the family caring for them. Prayers to coach and his family.

 

[JayHank]

Very sad. This is one of the worse diagnosis a family can have. Prayers for all.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Very sad news. My best wishes for his family, who will be greatly challenged by this. And to Bob Huggins.

I sincerely hated to see even Bobby Knight and his family go through this and on his worst day Huggins was only ten percent the azzh%le Knight was.

 

[sefleming]

Rough on everyone especially the family and caretakers. My dad had dementia. Very sad situation

 

[BlueSince92]

Damn. Good guy.

 

[Cats_2010]

Rough on everyone especially the family and caretakers. My dad had dementia. Very sad situation

I can attest. Helping to caretake for my mom who has dementia. Losing of the memory is one thing, the delusional thoughts that enter my mom’s head is quite another. Just a very weird disease.

 

[OldScratchBlues]

No matter how anyone felt about Huggins this is very sad to hear about. As the poster above said, I wouldn't wish this kind of illness on my worst enemy. Very difficult on the person but extremely difficult on the family caring for them. Prayers to coach and his family.

Amen to that!!

 

[Ukbrassowtipin]

Man I love Huggins. He deserved a championship, he may have got there at Cincy if Martin didnt get hurt.

 

[Beatle Bum]

Sucks.

 

[Cats4321]

Sorry to hear this.

Really hope advances in technology and medicine can lead to improved treatment for these types of conditions soon. Just awful to watch someone go through that.

 

[true-blue1]

So sad!

 

[MidseasonTweak]

My grandma has had dementia for the past 2.5 years. She is in her mid 80s. When I visit her, she will often get stuck in the same loop of asking if I am married, have kids, ask where I work, etc. It is draining. Then in other moments I can have what seems like a completely normal convo with her for a decent amount of time and it feels good before the facade is shattered by another loop of questions about my life that she used to know.

I hate this disease. I hope Huggins can make the most of his life going forward with it.