I've been away for some months, longer than a week or two I was planning.
Been planning to visit my Dad for a while now, I'd planned to visit him a week or two in January.
I had already given my two weeks notice at work, then about a week before I was to visit my Dad, learned he was in the hospital.
He had fallen down the stairs at home, seems he had slightly fractured a vertebrae in his neck, and broken his left arm, chipped off a piece of his left elbow, and bruised his legs up badly.
He ended up having to wear a neck brace and an arm sling, his vertebrae seems to be doing alright now, no paralysis there.
But I've been there the past 4 months, helping out buying groceries, making meals, various other tasks.
He seems much better, but. . still hasn't gotten his arm fixed, seems he wants it to be linked to workers compensation, due to some balance issues and vertigo he'd been having at work.
Though in my view, he's most at fault for letting his exercise and weight slip into bad territory.
Still, last doctor he's seen, says some scan or other, shows he'd had a recent stroke in the past, though it's no longer bleeding.
Last time I visited my Dad he had internet at his place, I brought a laptop, but didn't have any easy access for internet.
Back at my Mom's for a month, as she is going to be helping a friend of hers for a few weeks, and it helps to have someone else at my house to keep an eye on my 2nd brother.