bad news

So...my dad is currently in a hospital in Pennsylvania right now. He had a really scary moment when were all going to this botanical place in Pittsburgh. Earlier he had been complaining of pain in his lower back. He was limping really bad as we walked up to the door...

Once we got in, he suddenly got really pale and collapsed to the floor. We picked him up to put him in a chair, but then he passed out, falling back to the floor. The museum called emergency services, and an ambulance arrived about fifteen minutes later.

He was taken to the Allegheny hospital in Pittsburgh, where he was treated and tested upon. While he was in there, he passed out again--and his heart stopped for 20 seconds. Luckily the doctors quickly brought him back and gave him morphine for the pain.

Yesterday my family and I went to visit him. We discovered that he is scheduled to have surgery today in order to receive a permanent pacemaker for his heart. He won't be able to come back for a few days. Nick, Luke, Michael and I have all come back home to Ohio, but my mom will stay there with him for a few days.

So...mine and Michael's birthday is just about to be canceled. Haha.

So we're all still hoping and praying for Dad and that the surgery will turn out well.