Dad Update

Dad's surgery is scheduled for December 8. It can take up to 6 hours, and he will be in the hospital for at least 7 days. Expect my LJ/email updates to get very spotty.

( A lot of selfish whining under the cut. )

Another Dad Update

Well, this just got more joyous. My brother called, in the interests of comparing thoughts, fears, and plans.


Turns out that nobody mentioned to me that Dad ALSO has a big cyst on his liver that will be removed at the same time. my brother also came up with the statistic that there's a 6% mortality rate during recuperation from something like this. Now, as I pointed out to him, 6% is low and there's a chance of all sorts of things when you operate but... oy.

And he thinks I should think less about what I want and more about the stress Mother is under, but the more I think about it, the more I like the suggestion that I bring the Christmas on. It gives me something to focus on and takes the pressure completely off Mother.