Hello again. We just got back a little while ago. Wow, what an emotional day!!!

Well after hunting down my dad's room we finally found it; lol. I walked in first. My dad just stared at me and my mom looked confused. I smiled and said hello there!! Finally my dad said, "I am sorry, I did not recongize you." Mom said the same thing. Everyone else walked in and said their hello's. My parents kept staring at me. I finally giggled and said, "What, am I that scary in the morning?" My dad said, "Well not used to seeing you with glasses and you shrunk again." I just giggled, not sure what to say. I have lost almost 20 pounds since I saw them last, I think they were shocked. My eyes looked terrible as well. But I just kept smiling.

Anyway, we gave dad his cards. Birthday and get better wishes. We put lottery tickets in with them and pictures of the kids. He cried so hard. The kids hugged him lots!!! And gave grandma her card too. I was shocked but so relieved with the tears that came. I was glad to see them finally express their emotions as well.

So, dad was supposed to have this test in the am. He refused it. Apparently before my mom left to go to the hotel, she had asked if everything was done for the evening. They had said yes. So she left. About 20mins after they took my dad for tests and told him they had to do this other test first thing in the am. There were major risks with this. Dad sat up all night wondering what to do. He wanted to talk to mom before doing this. So he told them he was not comfortable until he spoke to his wife. When my mom got in they talked and decided to go ahead with it. So he was set for this afternoon. The tests from last night showed a severe heart attack doing damage to his heart. He had to fast all day for this other test (sry not sure what its called, but I read about it while I was there).

So we visited for a while and took mom out to have something to eat. Poor thing cried her heart out. She kept thanking us for coming but she laughed and said, "Honey I know you. I was expecting u too come." hehe, so true. How could I not??

We went back up to dad's room when they came in and told him they had to cancel his test. They were going to do it tomorrow. So this is fine. We went and got him something to eat. My mom decided to go over to the cancer clinic to see if she could talk to her doctor. I sat with my dad while he ate and as soon as he had finished this man walks in. He said he was there to take dad for his test. We looked at him in total confusion. My dad said asked what he was talking about, he was told it was cancelled and just finished eating. The guy went out and got the nurse. She messed up. The man next door had the same test and his was cancelled, not my dad's. Too late, he ate already. So they said they were going ahead with it anyway. So off he went. I found a phone to call mom and let her know. I went outside for a smoke and no sooner when I got back to his room; he was there and so was my mom. I am thinking, "what the hell is going on here!!!" They sent him back. They can't do this test after someone eating. GGGEEEEZZZZZ. Not impressed at all.

So, he is scheduled for tomorrow. This test will show what they need to do. They are looking at heart surgery. But we won't know till tomorrow. So I talked to mom privately and told her I will stay with the kids. But problem was that my bf had to come back as he has a client early afternoon to take out of town. My mom only brought her truck, not enough seating. And my dad was worried about the kids. My daughter was really emotional and he thought maybe it was too much for her. So we came home. I let them know if this ends up with major surgery, we will come back immediately and be more prepared to stay. This was good for them.

I have to say he looked pretty good. With the blood thinners his blood pressure and pulse was regulated. He was so tired. His eyes kept drooping. Thats why I wanted to go as well. He needs some rest. And so does my mom. She looked rough. She was in an extreme amount of pain. I felt terrible leaving but I know that if something goes wrong or they need to take drastic measures, we are not far away. WE WILL go back. I did so good not to cry my head off till the end. I looked at my mom and the tears poured. She fell into me and shook. Here we were crying in the hallway; lol. I did not want to do this in dad's room and I knew it was coming. My little girl fell apart and we all just stood and held each other. My little guy was wheeling around in a wheel chair singing away; lololol. That was funny, good distraction. He does not deal with stuff like this well, he tends to busy himself with other things. Which is okay, just his way. We talked later.

Thanks for thinking of us. You are all so great. Was nice to come home and read this. I will keep u informed. Oh and the staff are humans too. Sorry if I offended anyone with that comment earlier. I was pananoid; did read to much into it. They were so busy, constantly new patients being brought in. I can see how the test got confused. It does not help make my parents feel at ease but people make mistakes.

Justy