Update

It is amazing how much your life can change in just a couple of days.

On Tuesday afternoon, my dad was admitted to the hospital. He had been at a job site and suddenly he was sitting in his truck, calling my mom-- totally unaware of what he had previously been doing. He just knew something was wrong. My mom took him to the hospital and he's been there ever since.

The doctors have done all kinds of tests and they don't know what's going on with him. They do know now that he didn't fall or hit his head or anything like that-- they think it's something in his brain. A neurologist came and saw him this morning--Dr. Swanson, actually-- and he thinks my dad might have had a seizure. Given that my dad doesn't have any kind of medical history with something like that, it's seems kinda impossible, but the doctor said that happens sometimes.

I was at the hospital for about six hours yesterday, visiting my dad and observing him and he seems like a totally different person. He remembers things that happened before Tuesday, but nothing really seems to stick afterwards. He remembered that I visited him yesterday, but he doesn't remember me crying and holding his hand. He's been saying really strange things, too-- almost like he's more vulnerable and all guards are down.

It's been a really hard last couple of days for my family and I, just not even knowing what's going on with my dad. He never gets sick and he's never been like this before-- he's the strong one.

But I really think he's going to be okay. Part of me fears that he's not going to come out of this fog, but I know fear is not from the Lord. I know that God is using this for a purpose and I'm trusting in that. I'm choosing to trust in Jesus with this. My dad might even be able to come home today.