My daddy .. Update 2
I just got home from the hospital, he is in pain and very nauseated. He found out from the doctor today that the cancer is Stage 3 and is in his colon, intestines and stomach, they are not sure until tommorrow if it is also attached to his liver. He will lose 8 inches of his colon tommorrow and a layer of his stomach and the doctor told him to prepare and for us to prepare for the fact that the surgery may be too much for his body to handle and there is a great chance that he may not survive the surgery tommorrow. After surgery he should recover for a few days and then start Chemo for 6 months. Aparently this cancer has been growing for 5 years or so and he just presented no symptoms until the pain was to much to handle. Most stories I hear about someone having cancer, this process takes time and you have a little bit of time to digest the news or the situation, however in this case, we in the last 3 days learned that our father was sick, it may be cancer, then it was definatly cancer, then stage 3 cancer at that, and on top of that he may not make it through tommorrow? It is just alot to take in.I do appreciate all the kind messages, comments and texts.To answer some questions:Am I Ok? No not at all, but that is fine, I will cope.Do I want info about cancer? Nope, I know all I need to know, it has been killing my precious father silently, and I am bitter about it.Where is he having surgery? He is having surgery in Alex City at Russell Medical, he is in room 286 , surgery will be sometime between 10 and 1, he is the last surgery of the day because it will take so long and he will also have Chemo there in the cancer center.Is there anything you can do? No, not unless you can make this whole thing go away, but I do so appreciate those who have cared it means alot to see those who have taken time away from thier own life to check in on mine and at a time like this you need support more than anything.My head feels like it may explode as soon as the room stops spinning. I am so sick of bad news, I am really ready for some good news. I know to never take a thing for granted in this life.You know I took a survey on Monday, that asked a question, about if I would like to live the night before over and over and I foolishly said no, because nothing special happened, I was wrong, and these words have haunted me since I heard the news. I would LOVE to go back to Monday and live there for the rest of my life, nothing special happening was a beautiful thing.