Update on Dad

Dad has been in the hospital for three weeks now. He had surgery on Tuesday, March 14 to remove a blockage from his small bowel. The blockage turned out to be mostly scar tissue from the numerous surgeries he has had. To complicate matters he had developed a case of pnuemonia. He has been in ICU with a breathing tube since coming out of surgery. He is very weak and my daughter, Liz informed me that he was frustrated and crying off and on yesterday. Yesterday was his and Mom's anniversary and today is her birthday. I'm sure he is missing her and in light of the chronic pain he has suffered he is more than ready to go and see her. My brothers and sisters seem to be doing what they can to care for him and he is sledom alone. I wish I were closer so I could be there too. I did get to go down last Monday and stayed until he had made it safely out of surgery. He still has the nephrostomy tubes in also, that resulted from the tests in January. If Dad makes it to May he will be 76. I hope he makes it, but at the same time I hope that soon he will be painfree.