Everything's okay, we think. The doctor thinks he's had a TIA, a "mini-stroke". He didn't have any of the classic symptoms of a stroke; slurred speech or half the body going wonky or anything like that; but he said that he had trouble expressing things in speech - he could think of what he was trying to say but couldn't put it into words. My grandpa (his dad)'s had them, too.

He's staying the night at the hospital and Mom and I spent most of the evening with him. It was scary as fuck the first few minutes. I really had no idea what was going on, what was going to happen. I was panicking, badly.

It's been a rough night. But it's going to be okay.

On a lighter note, we ran out to a nearby Italian restaurant to have dinner and bring something back for Dad. Our server introduced himself as "Chad, like the country."

~Joy