That's the thing when you have time off, you make the most of each day, each day is so special that you just don't care what time you go to bed, just so long as you can have one extra minute in this day before the next.
I'm happy tonight, very happy, my dad had his operation today to remove his cancer...We all sat around all day at home waiting for anything, any sign or any news that he was okay, that the operation had been a success, that he'd be out of the theatre before too long...Well he was prepared and left the ward at just after 12 in the afternoon, he had to wait until 3/3:30 in the pre-op area then he was taken in and the wonderful Dr. Hemingway did his thing and finally at around 6:20pm this evening he was back in the recovery room being woken up by the nurses and doctors.
Me and mum and the family have been ringing non-stop all day trying to find out information, almost every hour another of us was on the phone grilling anyone we could get our hands on for info how dad was doing. Everyone had said today that last night (Tuesday) they hadn't slept and neither had me or mum. Everyone did things today to keep their minds occupied, but me and mum just sat around most of the day waiting.
There didn't seem much point in doing anything else, I wanted to be with my dad, I'd have given anything to be there in his place today. I wished all day that it would've been me. One of my sisters said that she prayed to my Nana last night and begged her not to take him yet...It looked like it worked! Thank you Nana....
Dad came out of the op looking a little worse for wear, I've seen him better...This was massive operation for him, not your every day little cough and cold but a major thing for him to under go, we're not out of the hot water yet and though he looked a little better than expected tonight, we still have one foot in that hot water and the next few days are critical to his eventual recovery.
I love my dad, as any girl loves her dad... I'm a daddies girl and I always will be, he gives me so much more than I could ever ask for and he always has and that's something I'd never be able to pay back with just love alone.
We shared a glass of vodka tonight with brother and sister in law and mum. We drank to dads health, to the relief and to the fight that still go's on... There's a long road from A to B but he'll not be alone, at least now we can help him in every way possible. Dr. Hemingway did the hard part by removing the cancerous part of his bowel... Now I guess it's all up to god.
Now that we're coming up to Easter I doubt I'll get a chance to wish you all a very happy Easter, so I do so now and thank you all for you continued and tireless support that you all have given me, good friends the best of friends... Even though we had our differences you all stuck by me and gave me and my family constant support and I know I wouldn't have made it this far without you. Let's just say at least you had the decency to ask if he was okay, which is more than I can say about others.
Thank you anyway, to you all now is the time to recover and gain back those moments, for now we live to fight another day.
Thank you Jesus.
All my love guys xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
