simple prayers answered.

I want to first off apologize for my terrible blogging. I was able to spend a week at the beach with my brother and his family (blog coming soon), and I had NO time to blog.

Anyways, today was a day of mixed emotions. My father had to undergo surgery to have his parathyroids removed. To put it simple, my dad had surgery on his neck. Last night as I was going to bed, I prayed to God that he would take care of my father during his surgery. I have never been more nervous about one of my family members going under the knife than I was for dad.

Backstory:

Back in March/April, my dad went to the doctor for a checkup and found some things wrong with him. They didn't know exactly what was wrong, just that something was. Dad then went through tons of tests, to find out that his body was producing too much calcium, and he would have to have his parathyroids removed. Before this day came, dad was growing much more tired and running out of energy much more quickly than normal. I knew something wasn't right and I just prayed that this surgery would help him gain more energy.

Back to today:

This morning dad went for surgery at 6:30. He would be under until 9:30, and I didn't get to see him until 11:30ish. Mom took him this morning and my brother and I came down right after he came out of surgery. Mom told us that the doctor had told her about what all went down. Dad's parathyroid's on one side were very enlarged, and his thyroid had a malignant nodule on it. They just went ahead and took out the entire thyroid and said that they had removed all of the cancer. They did leave the other thyroid so dad will not have to take any medication. He does have to stay overnight but if everything goes well tonight he will be able to come home in the morning.

I just thank God that he was watching over my dad today during surgery and that they found the cancer and removed it immediately. God answered my prayers today and I'm thankful to have such a loving God that shows us how precious life is. He helps us to not take everything for granted and to be grateful for the little things in life.