Just a very quick post to let you all know that my dad is in the hospital. He went in very early Thursday morning with severe stomach pains. They admitted him and introduced a tube into his stomach through his nose to pump it after finding a very large mass with fluid around it. We were told to hope for the best but expect the worst. The doctor seemed to think it was stomach cancer. My mom asked him what we should tell my brother who lives in New Jersey and the doctor said "I'd tell him to come home for a visit" in very somber tones. On Friday, they moved my dad to ICU and put him on a ventilator to help him breathe, as he was having a lot of trouble getting any oxygen. Yesterday (Saturday), they did an endoscopy and found a very large ulcer in the base of his stomach partially covering the opening to the small intestines. The ulcer was perforated and allowing food into his abdomen. They immediately went to surgery to remove the part of his stomach and intestines with the ulcer. He's now back in ICU and was stable this morning.

Its still a very long road ahead. He will be in the hospital for at least another week and they still have to biopsy the ulcer to see if its cancerous. The good news is that the surgeon saw no other signs of cancer in his liver, pancreas or other important organs. However, they do still have to check for cancer as an ulcer left this long usually turns into cancer. We're very hopeful though. I'll keep you updated when I know more! Please keep my dad in your prayers/thoughts.

*Blegh*

Today has been an awful day

Rich had to go to Savannah today for training and to make some phone calls, so I went with him. The day started out by me not being able to find the shirt I wanted to wear, so I wasn't real happy about that. Then Rich's day of calling went really badly. No one seemed to be answering and he only got 3 appointments for this week. So we decided to come home and on the way home I got pulled over by the police and got a speeding ticket. Apparently, I had been doing 41 in a school zone where the speed limit was 25. I hadn't noticed entering a school zone and, despite the fact that I drive this road at least once a week, I had never noticed it was a school zone. I still don't know where the school is!! So when we got home I called to find out how much the ticket would cost me. Its going to cost $140!!!!! That's really ridiculous!!!

After that I just laid down and took a nap. Rich continued to make phone calls, but got no where and then, just after 9 pm, he got a phone call from one of his 3 appointments cancelling. They want to look around some more, as they think that the insurance Rich is selling lacks something.

All in all, not a great day. Let's hope the week gets better.

On the plus side, I uploaded some new photos to my Flickr account which you can find here. You have to be one of my friends to see them though!

Well, I'm off now to get some rest. Something to look for in the future on my blog is a link to my "Trying to Conceive" Blog. Rich and I have decided to start really trying for a baby, so I'll be getting that up soon!!!

Everyone have a good week!