please pray for my dad

My computer has been out of commission for about a week so I have missed my blogging world! I hope everyone is doing well and Im hoping to catch up on your blogs soon!

I have had so much on my mind to blog about this week,

but today I am asking you for prayer...

for my precious dad.

Just to cut right to it,

yesterday over a very short time span, my dad became somewhat disoriented

and confused about things.

It became worse as the day went on, so yesterday evening we took him to the emergency room.

They are still testing things, and we are told it could possibly be a stroke, or maybe something is wrong with the medications he takes, or a sudden progression of his disease, or maybe a bad infection has gotten to his brain.

His mental state is not good,

he is very confused, not knowing who people are, where he is, etc.

He gets agitated very easily, and he is having lots of hallucinations.

They tried to do the MRI this evening to test for a stroke,

but the medicine they gave him to stay still during the test

made him worse, so they were not even able to do the MRI.

Dr's are hoping that the cause of this is something messed up with his medications.

I am hoping that too.

I am praying for something "fixable".

I am so sad to see him like this,

its NOT him.

On a daily basis my Dad lives with a disease, one that you may have heard of...

Parkinson's Disease (PD).

You have probably heard that name because Michael J Fox is an amazing activist and patient of PD. You may have even seen him do commercials or on news spots, talking about his disease and his foundation that is trying to find a cure.

I have always wanted to do a post about PD,

about what it is, to make people aware.

and about how much I hate it.

I dont use that word except when talking about this disease...

i HATE it.

Like many diseases, (and like our enemy), it steals, kills, and destroys.

It eats away at the body and mind, and is a life-altering, life-long progressive sickness.

I pray DAILY for God to heal my dad from PD.

My dad is an amazingly kind man,

Most people who know him would tell you that he is one of the sweetest men they know.

He loves people well and loves God well.

As I pray for him and his battle with Parkinson's,

now I am also praying for healing from whatever is causing this problem the last 24 hours.

It is so hard to see my dad not being his gentle self.

Parker has had to remind me that my Dad is still my Dad,

hes just being covered up by this sickness right now.

I fear it will be longer than just right now.

I fear this is a turning point in his health that he wont recover from.

I fear that this will be so difficult.

But I pray that God has a better plan that what I can see in this moment.

I pray that God will HEAL my Dad,

that he will recover quickly from this.

I pray that my mom would find strength in this midst of this pain and uncertainty.

I pray that my Dad's brain and mind would be at peace.

I pray that God would do a miracle, I know He can.

Please pray with me as you feel led...

Thanks so much.