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10:49 am - dad

If you know me, you probably know about my relationship with my dad. I adore him. We are close and are very similar. All of my sense of humor and they way I interact with humans pretty much comes from him. My dad calls me on his way home from work when he hears a song that makes him think of me, we have ongoing inside jokes that are always funny to us, he is my rock, he can fix anything that is wrong in my life or at least he tries and is generally successful. He puts things into perspective and I am so grateful that I get to have that.

My sister called me first thing this morning...my dad was admitted to the hospital late last night. He was acting really strange and couldn't complete sentences or even write his name. To make a long long long story short, they took him to the hospital thinking he was maybe having a stroke. Turns out he has a brain tumor...

He is going into surgery in a couple of hours and I am really really scared. My dad is young, takes great care of himself and is never ever sick. I really can't believe how fast that can happen. I keep crying when I think about it but at the same time don't even believe that is really what is happening right now. He is in Iowa and if anything takes a turn or anything I need to take the first flight there.

We will find out more details once everything is done. They can't tell a whole lot yet, just that its about the size of a golf ball and is the area of his brain that deals with memory and cognitive thinking.

I am trying not to stress out or get too much more upset until we find out what the next step is but its really really hard.

I am seriously terrified.

Please, if you would be so kind, think good thoughts for him.