[long exhale]

ok.

let’s just cut to the chase.

my dad’s in the hospital right now. he’s got a blood clot in his brain, which is causing the confusion and maybe the vomiting he’s been experiencing for the past couple of weeks. they’re giving him stuff to break it up, and then we’ll see if he gets better. or if there’s maybe a tumor in there or not. but with the cat scan they really can’t tell until the clot goes away.

i went to see him in the emergency room yesterday, and he suddenly looked so old and so thin. he’s tired and confused, and has a hard time remembering things. like dates. birthdays. counting. the neurologist says that in these cases, often they lose more ability to speak and understand adopted languages, which seemed to be the case, as he could count in taiwanese much better.

at this point, there’s not much to be done. they’re not going to go in and take the clot out unless his condition gets worse. and until the clot has dissipated we won’t know if there’s a tumor in there or not.

Posted at November 21, 2007 10:40 PM