things have been bad.  i went to the hospital at 3:30 a.m. saturday morning, dad was agitated and doing really bad.  things got better during the day, but on sunday they tried different things to relieve the horrible impaction in his colon and nothing worked.

last night they started surgery on him at 10:20 p.m.  it was over by 2:20 in the morning.

he’s still alive.  they took out his entire colon.

it’s a very very tenuous time right now, as they keep telling us, like we don’t know.

this morning i was getting ready to go back to the hospital and amy, who was there, called to say HIS KIDNEYS ARE FAILING WHICH MEANS HIS ORGANS ARE PROBABLY FAILING AND HE DOESN’T HAVE MUCH TIME.

so i jumped in the car and sped down the highway, swearing at every car in my way.

when i was almost there, she called again to say that some doctor had said that but IT WASN’T TRUE.

he’s doing as all as can be expected right now, as far as i know.  they left the big incision open so it won’t get infected.

on a lighter note….

last night amy and randy went to the county market close by and bought a veritable feast of treats.  we drank wine out of styrofoam cups and the first thing i tore into was the big bag of dove chocolates.

tonight amy and i are both staying at the hospital; her plan is that we’ll rotate – one of us will sleep out in the waiting room, the other will sit in the room with dad.

monday monday monday.

ok then,

sleep-deprived me.