Posted January 03, 2015
Ragnarblackmane: Well,mom, sister and I spent all day at the hospital and after 2 more tests all they've determined is what's not wrong with my father. They couldn't do the angioplasty due to pain and they did something called an endoscopy because they thought he might be aenemic since his hemoglobin is absurdly low. At this point nothing is really known, he could have blood cancer or it could be something much more mundane and not life-threatening but at this point nothing is certain.
Haven't been around much lately due to life*, but it truly sucks to hear this. I've been keeping you and your family in my thoughts, and I truly hope things get better for all of you. *hugs* My father-in-law's in the hospital again too, but fortunately it's for something that is (so far) relatively minor - an infection in his foot that had to be debrided (again); it's the same thing he was in for right after Christmas. Hopefully he'll be home on Sunday. (I say "so far" because this is the second visit, he's had problems with his foot before, and he's diabetic. He's taking it well enough to make jokes about not wanting to end up with a termite infestation in his foot, but I really really hope it doesn't come an amputation. >.< )
*Life meaning that it's been hovering just above freezing at nights here and in the 40s-low 50s F in the day for the last week, which is absolutely frigid for this area. To make it much more entertaining, our furnace isn't working and the HVAC guy that came by this morning informed us that it's ancient, dangerous, and needs to be replaced. Here's hoping that our landlady can get to it quickly.