My dear cuties, as some of you know my dad has been in hospital. He has been there 2 months & 2 days...........It has been a very difficult journey. He went in for a simply colonoscopy & due to many complications he developed a twisted bowl & had to have emergency surgery to correct this. My dad is 83 years old & in very good health,with regular exercise & a pretty healthy diet this has kept him form being sickly. He is active as well. He might get the odd cold or flu but otherwise he has been in very good health so this came as a shock to us all. The medications given to him made him hallucinate & his memory was quite disturbingly bad........ once he was taken off the medications his memory started to improve but infection set in & he was back in the Intensive Care Unit. We got the call that he was placed on Life Support with impending doom 3 times & each time we had to go back to hospital & watch him slide further into a very poor state.Even after his lungs filled up with fluids & his heart had to work that much harder to breath & he was placed on life support he would grab hold of our hand & tell us it was going to be ok. It was an emotional roller coaster for us all. Finally after all that he went through my mother said take him off all the medications his heart can't take it. Remember my dad never took many antibiotics before so there was no way to know how his body would react to them. The Dr.'s told my mother they didn't think it was a good idea but after talking to us all, we all agreed to stop the meds. The Dr.'s call him the mystery man because within 3 days his memory improved & he started to breath on his own. My mom was right the medications were too strong for him & his body couldn't take them. More allergies learned........... He was placed on the 2cd floor finally to undergo Physical therapy & he was more like himself every day. From them telling us to prepare for the worst & not having him come home to a complete turn around . His therapy went so well we finally got to bring him home! We are all so incredibly relieved & believe it was a Christmas Miracle. He is week & gets tired after a bit but he is independent & can manage to do everyday things. It will take him some time to get back into a daily routine but he is well on his way & eating & sleeping in his own bed & that makes such a difference. I can not thank you cuties for your prayers for all of us I truly with all my heart believe that they make all the difference in the world!