fulltimer56
08-13-2006, 05:43 AM
Hi guys & gals,
I'm might not be able to get online for the next three or four days. I'm leaving to go to Jacksonville to see about my Dad and if I stay with family most of them don't have internet. My Uncle called me last night to let me know that Dad had been in and out of the hospital twice in the last 2 weeks. He told me he is going down fast now.
I know I let everyone know, that my Dad has Throat Cancer back last year when I had my cancer scare and he had been doing really good but I have been told that he is to the point he can't keep anything down and he has lost over 10 pounds just in the last few weeks. Which for someone like me wouldn't be much but my Dad only weighs in at around 145 on a good day. He has even got where he can't talk.
I'm going down to see if I can talk him in to going into a nursing home or something where he can get the right kind of care. He will not move up here to Griffin so I can take care of him and he won't move in with his brother either. He has lived by himself for so long that he has really became a hermit. My Mom has even offered to move down to Jacksonville to look after him (they have been divorce for over 40 years) and he will not hear of it.
He says he has lived a long and full life (he will be 72 in December) and that he is tired. He is one stubborn old cuss!! So I'm not sure what I will have to do and I might have to start going down there a few days every week. Which I don't mind but he doesn't even like that idea when I said something about it the last time I was down there. He and I haven't been very close over the years but DAMN IT he is my Father and we all knew it would come to this but it's still hard!
So I'll work on keeping ya'll posted when I can. So any and all prayers and good thoughts would be very welcome.
Love you guys,
Linda
I'm might not be able to get online for the next three or four days. I'm leaving to go to Jacksonville to see about my Dad and if I stay with family most of them don't have internet. My Uncle called me last night to let me know that Dad had been in and out of the hospital twice in the last 2 weeks. He told me he is going down fast now.
I know I let everyone know, that my Dad has Throat Cancer back last year when I had my cancer scare and he had been doing really good but I have been told that he is to the point he can't keep anything down and he has lost over 10 pounds just in the last few weeks. Which for someone like me wouldn't be much but my Dad only weighs in at around 145 on a good day. He has even got where he can't talk.
I'm going down to see if I can talk him in to going into a nursing home or something where he can get the right kind of care. He will not move up here to Griffin so I can take care of him and he won't move in with his brother either. He has lived by himself for so long that he has really became a hermit. My Mom has even offered to move down to Jacksonville to look after him (they have been divorce for over 40 years) and he will not hear of it.
He says he has lived a long and full life (he will be 72 in December) and that he is tired. He is one stubborn old cuss!! So I'm not sure what I will have to do and I might have to start going down there a few days every week. Which I don't mind but he doesn't even like that idea when I said something about it the last time I was down there. He and I haven't been very close over the years but DAMN IT he is my Father and we all knew it would come to this but it's still hard!
So I'll work on keeping ya'll posted when I can. So any and all prayers and good thoughts would be very welcome.
Love you guys,
Linda