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Thanks everyone; my dad is doing much better today; to make a long story short, he entered the hospital last Friday due to abnormalities from his kidneys, which were deteriorating; has some mild dementia which led to a stress-related heart attack (mild) that night; but he is now on dialysis and they have pulled out over 5# of toxins and fluids from his body. It was scary Wednesday when the doctor asked us to get the hospital a copy of his Living Will.

But in a unique blessing, it was great last night to snap a picture of my Mom feeding him some ice cream; and I've never cried at someone eating ice cream before. #NoShame

Sadly, he will have to be on dialysis the rest of his life; tentatively, he will be out by Monday or Tuesday.

Side note: Mom and I suddenly remembered tonight that my Dad's father had kidney problems and that was the cause of his passing; therefore, I'm starting regular checkups on my kidneys with my doctor regarding this piece of family health history.