living – day 17

Today I found out that my dad has lymphoma.  He’s been suffering for months now going  from doctor to doctor.  The doctors pinpointed his problem as acid reflux and was told he would need surgery to fix the problem, but he wouldn’t be able to have the surgery until his heart doctor released him since he just had a stint put in his heart a few months ago.  My dad keeps complaining and complaining to the point that he told one doctor if he can’t have the surgery until May, he will be dead by then.  The doctors just laugh thinking he’s just a funny old man.  I know my dad and I knew something else was wrong.  Finally he got so bad a couple of Sunday’s ago that my mom called my brother to come and help her take him to the emergency room.  My dad’s been at Swedish hospital for over a week and today while I was there, one of the doctors came in and told us that he had lymphoma.  That’s absolutely all that I know until tomorrow.  It was very hard to diagnose because it’s deep down into his intestines.

If anyone reads this, please pray for my dads mental state of mind.  He has rapidly been going down hill mentally as well as physically since early this fall.  I love my dad more than anything and I can’t stand that this is happening to him.

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