Family and Stress

I created this blog because I wanted to share about children and family. I feel like so far most of my posts have been about my ill parents. This one is going to also be about my Dad. Hopefully soon I will be able to focus on my favorite subject, children.

As I have been posting, my Dad has been very ill for months. We have not quite known why he wasn't getting better and at times felt that he may be prolonging his illness purposely. That, I am glad to say, was not true but it is also a bad thing. On Sat. I went to his house to take his blood pressure and it was dangerously low. I talked him into going to emergency and through the course of the day, they found that he has a bowel obstruction. It is about 4 cm. and appears to be cancer. He is going in for surgery in the morning to have it removed. We are very concerned because he is almost 80, a diabetic and a heart patient. The Dr.'s tell us to be positive and that they believe that it will all be ok. I pray that things work out. My Mom is very worried and I am trying to be the positive person that comforts everyone else. I hope that I believe what I am trying to tell them. I am going to go to bed early and get to the hospital to be with him before surgery. I pray for the best.