Homeward Bound...

What a week. I wish I had better news to report. Aside from each of my children suffering from a virus, followed by me, causing us to miss 4 days of school/work, I think my eardrum burst last night. I can't hear and it hurts to burp. How's that for a silver lining?

My dad suffered a major setback Friday night. He made it through his surgery well; they removed the cancer from his liver - which Doc Curley says was the size of an egg (although it was the size of a thumbnail on the MRI scan!).

My dad was lucid, and had even sat up twice - but was having some MAJOR pain in his rib cage/shoulder area, so someone added some narcotics to his epidural - NOT GOOD as over half of his liver was just removed and the liver is the organ that filters the narcotics out of your body.

The best way for my mom to describe his current state is vegetable-like. He can't sit up. He can't drink on his own. It's a major step backwards - it would be a major step backwards for anyone this happened to while being sedated.

My sweet mom, who won't leave his side, has to try and wake him when a beeping noise goes off, indicating he needs more oxygen. She feeds him ice. She treats him so warmly and lovingly as I listen helplessly on the other side of the phone, crying for them both.

The girls and I just watched an animal flick a co-worker recommended called "Homeward Bound" about a trio of animals who fight thru thick and thin to return home to the love they knew with their family. Talk about bad timing. I cried through the entire damn movie - scaring Sara half to death and causing Josephine to pat me over and over saying "Dats Ok, Mama. Dats Okay."

We have to go to my parents home and collect mail, etc, and Josephine cries, because her "popo" isn't there. I've been so sick, my house could be condemned. How can a virus last this long? How did my dad get too much medicine? Who the hell wrote "Homeward Bound?" They deserve an emmy at best.

Keep my parents (and my ear) in your prayers. Much Love.