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mom called about 11 a.m. yesterday. dad had been taken to the hospital from work via ambulance. at the time, the telephone calls claimed chest pains... thank goodness it's not that.

so i headed to manchester. dad's got "acute abdominal pain of undetermined origin." the kind that seeps through even the most potent pain killers. we have a whole array of things ranging from mild yet painful to hellishly terrifying that could turn out to be the origin. but they eliminated most of the worst - aneurysms and that sort of thing - yesterday in the emergency room. they finally put him in a real room with a relatively comfortable bed around 9 p.m. last night.

i hope... i hope they can diagnose something mostly innocuous and get him patched up and out of there soon. i hope i can go home soon, too -- it's great to get to talk to my parents, even in such poor circumstances, but i'm supposed to be moving this week. if it takes more than another day for everything to stabilize, i guess i can always call the landlord and request a few more days. i feel silly and self-centered for even considering things like this, but they're there.

anyways, hope, hope, hope. mom's been at the hospital since early this morning, and i s'pose i should get going and get there too.

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update

thanks so much to all of you who sent warm fuzzies and other helpful info earlier...

dad's out of the hospital now. they never figured out anything definitive, but they ruled out all of the really urgent stuff. and the pain subsided. best guess is that it was some kind of spasm, maybe colic. there are appointments for more testing and such, but we're all just glad to have him home. i'll prob'ly head back to cookeville sometime tomorrow.