I'm slowing down for now

On Wednesday morning I got one of those calls that we all dread. While my father was in an oxygen chamber at a wound clinic, the technician on duty noticed something wrong and immediately removed him from the chamber. My father was having a stroke and thankfully because of response time and immediate action, they got him to the hospital in time to save his life. Four hours later, a new drug was delivered through his IV which again saved his life and stopped the paralysis from being permanent on his left side. Twenty minutes later, he was able to move his hand. From what I was told, it appeared there was a miracle taking place. Forty minutes later, he was being transported to a hospital with a stroke ward. By the next morning he was talking and I could understand every word even with the missing dentures. By that evening, the decision was made to move him from the ICU into a "regular" room. Each day he has shown more improvement then one would think possible. Today, he is able to eat, sit in a chair, play with his new therapy toys, and seems cooperative and happy. Although he is certainly not out of the woods yet, we are all feeling very hopeful and thankful. You know the cliche we are following...Just take one day at a time.
I can't thank everyone enough who send their thoughts and prayers to him and my family! I truly believe in the power of that.
So, as you can imagine, because of what is currently taking place in our lives, this blog will be slowing down for now.
I had just finished my Sunflower ATC's for a swap - unfortunately they won't be able to make it in time - but I will post those in the next blog entry for your viewing.
In the meantime...I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and the week ahead will be fantastic.
Hugs, hugs, hugs to everyone!