yesterday, Mon. May 1

Mon., May 1
My step-mom called us at 4:00 this morning. My dad is not doing very well at all. I was over there most of the day, will be returning early in the morning. My stepbrother is over there this evening and tonight.He's a bed patient as a result of an accumulated amount of poisonous gases from his civil service welding job. The metal poisons caused his nerves to die all over his body, then the muscle mass deteriorated. All his teeth have broken off at gum level, but it doesn't hurt because the nerves are dead in the teeth.It's heartbreaking to watch him go downhill the way he's doing, but there's nothing anyone can do. His doctor is a doll and keeps him out of pain for which we are immensely grateful. Gotta get to bed in order to get back over there early.