Yeah I know it's December 23rd. But for us, it kind of is the night before Christmas because we have our big family dinner on Christmas eve....tomorrow!! Gah!! I will be cooking my first ever turkey in our new house, and my second ever turkey period. We arehaving my mom's brothers and partner over so tomorrow will be spent mostly cooking.
My dad's surgery finally happened this past Tuesday after much anticipation. After he had been in the OR for over four hours my mom and I really started to panic and fear the worst. Thankfully soon the surgeon came out and told us that the surgery had gone really well, actually much better than he expected and that, though my dad will be in for a long and difficult recover, he will recover. So we were all very relieved and thankful.
However, despite being beyond happy that my dad is okay, it is still kind of sad having him in the hospital for the holidays. He is pretty miserable too. I took some holiday decorations to spruce up his room a bit, but I'm not sure if it cheered him up or actually more miserable to be there rather than at home. In any case at least today he was able to manage a little soup and walk around a bit which is all supposed to be good for healing. There is a risk of infection with the type of surgery he had though, so they do have to watch him closely and sadly keep him in hospital for a while.
As for our Florida trip, as long as my dad is doing okay, it looks like it will still happen. DH is coming with us for the first few days, and if my mom feels okay about leaving my dad, and my dad is okay about her going, then she may come down for a couple days and then fly back with us. Let's hope that my dad is well enough that it can happen that way. Though even if he is, I feel pretty bad about us all going without him, but he says he wants us to, and the kids are really looking forward to it and have been for a while.
So that's where we are now....wish me luck with all the cooking!
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