I contacted my brother and sister early this morning. I decided that as hard as it will be that I should see my dad. He is in the ICU now. My brother told me that it is the scariest they have ever seen him. I am supremely nervous about the visit, but it must be done. I would not go by myself, though. I told my siblings that I must go only with one or both of them. My brother said he will meet me at the hospital at 11 am. The drive there itself is stressful for me. It's all back roads, but it's weaving in and around an area I am not that familiar with. I will not be lecturing my dad. My brother said that Dad is at a stage where we should just go and tell him we love him. I will buy some little flower arrangement or other thing if they allow it in the ICU. I don't even think Dad can eat normally because of his breathing issues. He needs extra help breathing, beyond the typical tubes put in the nostrils. I don't remember if I typed this yesterday here, but my sister says that this just has to be my father's "bottom". If it isn't, it's probably going to be fatal the next time, unless he's again lucky. Apparently his alcohol withdrawals are so severe that they had to put him on an extra potent medication cocktail, including phenobarbital. Bro said Dad can barely communicate because of the medications.

PLEASE, MY FRIENDS, DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO ABUSE ALCOHOL OR ANY DRUG! IT'S NOT A JOKE.

The oral surgeon did nothing because of hubby's blood pressure. He then called his dentist friend in Czech Republic for advice. That friend is an esteemed dentist in Prague. Half of hubby's tooth was very loose. His dentist friend said to just "remove it". That released pressure, etc., so that now the tooth doesn't hurt at all. However, it is only half of a tooth. Hubby even removed the filling part. The oral surgeon had luckily given him antibiotics. His dentist friend said that after removing the half of tooth to sterilize it with vodka. [Yes, soooo Czech.]

I emailed the volunteering operations director at NAMI to cancel my volunteering for this week. I obviously have a good excuse. I would not want to go to see Dad in the afternoon. Also, I wouldn't be up to too stressful round trip drives in the same day.