Thursday, July 31, 2008

"If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.” John Heywood

This post is more for me today and many of you may not understand it but that is okay because that is what a blog is for is to share feelings. Wow I have been thinking about alot of things as of lately and although this started back in July I am finishing it up in August. I have been thinking alot about family and relationships and time. These thoughts have come up as around the first week of August I got a phone call one night from my sister telling me that something was wrong with our dad and if I knew what hotel he was staying in on his business trip in Indiana. I didn't and this is when the worry and stress started to set in. I decided I needed to be proactive and do something to help so I went over to my friends house to use their internet to find the number for the missionaries so that when my dad was found that they could give him a blessing. Well then I ended up staying over as I came up with the idea for the police to track where he was at with his cell phone well they got the name of the street he was on but not an exact location so next ensued a conversation with my dad where he sounded very confused and disoriented to ask him where he was at. We got some landmarks from him and my friend started to plug them into google to track down his location, after many keystrokes and street views we were able to find out for sure where he was at and I called my mom with the information to pass onto the police and they ended up finding him about one or two miles away for that location and the paramedics came and discovered that his blood sugar had crashed down to 45 and they were amazed that he was not in a diabetic coma. It was a long night but thankfully it had a good ending. I appreciate my friends so much for the use of their time, help and internet on that long night. When my dad finally talked to his doctor, his doctor said that he believed it happened from to much medication as my dad has lost weight and his doctor has been adjusting his medication to try and keep up. So everything is good with my dad now. I am just so grateful because I do not want to lose my dad or my mom though if for someone reason I do i am just glad to have anytime and all time that I can with them. yeah for this because my dad will be on the 10th of august. I like the quote that I started this post with and that is what I am trying to do with the troubles that come. So another update will come later:)

4 comments:

KarsonK2 said...

I'm very sorry to hear about your mother's condition. I'm glad that your dad was safe in his. Hang in there. We love you.

The Kinikini Family

MissGlimpseBlogSpot said...

Hi April:) You are a strong loving woman I am glad you are in my life:) Have you had your head bump check out yet? Let me know when you have your appointment and I canhelp watch the kids if you need me:)

April said...

Hey thanks Missy and the Kinikini's. Yes Missy I have had my bumps checked out they are cysts I need to make an appointment with the surgeon to get them out. So when I do I will definitely take you up on offer to watch the girls! i am glad that you are my friend as well I get alot of joy from talking with you and reading your blog I can't wait till our Disney land trip next year with all of us I think it will be alot of fun!:)

Liz said...

What a scary situation! I am glad that your dad will be okay. It is good you had friends to turn to for help and that you were able to come up with so many good ideas to find him.