This was posted over 16 years ago; my opinions, thoughts, attitude, and writing style may have evolved since then, and this post might have been different if it were to be posted today.
thanks everyone for your kind words 🙂 dad came back home today; he’s napping in the living room right now, he can’t drive for two days, and isn’t supposed to lift anything over 10 lbs, but it sounds like he’s doing much better now. 🙂