Thank you for the good thought and well wishes for my Dad. He finally went into surgery around 12:00 and was back in recovery by 1:40. Things went about as expected. He didn’t get back to his room until about 3:30 - and as of 7:00 p. m. he hadn’t gotten out of bed so he is not walking around. Mom said his pain level is about a 20 on a scale of 1 to 10. This is a man who doesn’t complain about pain. He just grits his teeth and bares it…. I told her to tell him to keep hitting his button, but he isn’t on IV pain meds. It’ all Oral…what a crock of shit.

Will be interesting as to when he gets to go home…. I doubt it will be first thing in the morning.

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Now for my rant….

My older sis L is a great person - but she is so FREAKIN’ CHEAP - Not Frugal - cheap! Normally I can deal with this - today she ticked me off. After she called last night to see about an extra TV we have around the house - (hers is broken, and wanted to know if I would give her my old one - which is fine I’ll give it to her) I made the comment that I needed hurry up and get off the phone so I could call Local Store and order a balloon bouquet with a Hugs and Kisses Candy weight for Dad from the kids. She tells me - she will take care of it - I tell her exactly what I had in mind - she assures me it will be ‘no problem’. So she goes to Wal-mart and buys 1 mylar balloon - 1! This is not what I had in mind, and I didn’t ask her to do it - she offered!

She doesn’t understand my disappointment - nor my disgust…and she is so proud because she only spent a buck! I’m sorry - but my Dad is worth more than a buck. And then when talking to Mom tonight I find out My other sister sent a ballon bouquet - from local store with Hugs and Kisses as the weight - which is what I wanted to do….and I think the sounds in my voice let Mom know that I was beyond pissed off at Sister L. UGH!