[mooby]

Thanks guys. Even when he gets out it will be a long and tough road ahead - he has a cyst in his bile duct and he's been on a liquid iv diet for the last 3 weeks that gets injected directly into his arm - so his pancreas will rest and hopefully heal up the cyst caused by a gallstone that was too big to pass. His primary doctor has estimated it could take up to 8 months to return to a normal state where he can eat food again.

The ER - it is hell. My dad was finally able to get a room about 3 hours ago - which is almost 22 hours after arriving at the hospital. Imagine working in that environment - just nonstop patients, no room anywhere, having to prioritize who has higher odds of living, being understaffed and overworked. Meanwhile there are fellow Americans out there accusing you of being some part of a conspiracy to take their freedoms away. This is a situation that is playing out across the country. And it still has the potential to get so much worse.

I long for the days when distrust of leaders only applied to politicians, and not to science. There's nothing sacred anymore.