A weekend with a little bit of everything

Well this past weekend was a bit of everything.

First I left early on Thursday and took Friday off as my dad was having surgery for para-thyroid. His calcium level has been up for a while so the doctor decided it was time to perform surgery. Initially it was only suppose to be a 1 night stay, however, on Monday he had a physical to make sure all was ok for the surgery on Friday. His calcium level was higher than usual. They called my mom and explained to her for my dad to check in Thursday morning. They were going to give him medication and monitor him all day and night. If this surgery didn't happen, it could cause heart and kidney problems. So this was a long overdue surgery. Surgery was performed on Friday late morning. Thank God all went well. My dad had quite a few visitors at the hospital. It was a fairly large cut around the neck area. I saw when the nurse was changing the gauze. It's big and deep of course. He had a little hose with a drain hanging from there to catch any blood. Poor thing still has it. He's got a follow-up appt today with the doctor, so hopefully they will take that drain out!

On Saturday, my sister,brother in law and other family members went to the brain tumor walk. I couldn't make it this year because my dad was going to be released from the hospital so he needed a ride.
I heard the walk was nice and as usual emotional. That day was Henry's real b-day too, so I also heard they sang happy b-day to him.. So sweet! I hope to make it with them again next year.

later in the evening after we visted Diego at the cemetery, we headed to my sister and Henry's house to celebrate his b-day. It was really fun. All his family were there making drinks and I even had my happy share (more than usual!).

Sunday we went to mass, then visited my parents for a bit. My dad was doing good with the surgery. Thank God.
Then went to the market and did the usual Sunday routine.


Monday was a little dissapointing for me! I have been working hard to get into shape. I go to Curves and I actually gained a bit.. I guess too much social events. Bianca's 15ñera, my mom's b-day, then Henry's b-day! I am now on a lean protein diet. whoopy. We'll see how that goes. keeping my fingers crossed for good results.