AFK for a Bit

SO hi there. On Tuesday, after I posted, an ongoing heart problem put my dad back in the hospital. (He’s had 8 stents tucked into a single messed up artery in the last 5 years.)

Last year, when the 7th stent failed, they sent him to the best heart specialists in the country, who told him that due to a longstanding blood disorder—THANKS VIETNAM WAR! You and Agent Orange are the gifts that keep on giving!— he was not a good candidate for open heart. They put in an 8th stent and changed his meds...