Tuesday March 16

Dad called me yesterday afternoon to say he was in a lot of pain and would I come stay with him for awhile. Long story short......he ended up in the ER late yesterday afternoon.........after hours and tons of test........Dad has diverticulitis and it has an abscess (an infection of sorts). The doctor is hoping to treat it with antibiotics.......but the doctor keeps mentioning surgery.......which would mean have a colostomy bag for a while........the doctor told me to call him this afternoon (after he looks at dad's x rays again) and he will let me know for sure about the surgery. IF there is to be surgery it could be Friday or as early as Thursday.

Dad has never had major surgery before. I don't know how this will effect him.......I don't know how much help he will need recovering at home.......I don't know if I can take care of him at home........

Prayers for the both of us would be great. Prayers for the doctor (surgeon) would be good too.

I'll be around........in and out......gotta feed dad's cats twice a day......

God only gives you what you can handle.......why is he trusting me so much? Didn't he find out how much I can handle when mom was sick?

Kathy