The document discusses the author's experience caring for her father after he suffered a major stroke at age 79. It describes how her father fought to recover mobility and speech through intensive therapy so he could return home. As her father's health declined further over the next few years, the author learned important lessons about focusing on her father's priorities and accepting that further medical intervention would not allow him to live independently. With the guidance of a compassionate doctor, the author was able to shift her father's care to focusing on his comfort and spending quality time with family in his final days.