Barkin' up the wrong tree....

I called my mom on my way to get blood drawn this morning and she told me about a scare that her and my dad were having. Immediately my mind started thinking bad things but I never could have guessed this one...

Last night they got home and there was a big envelope from Peace Health addressed to my dad. My mom gave it to him and he opened it and found a welcome letter from the Lower Columbia Regional Cancer Center welcoming him to the cancer center and giving him information about his first scheduled appointment in about 2 weeks from now. What!! Since it was after business hours there was nothing he could do until this morning and when my mom told me that, they still weren't sure what was going on----it was only 7:15 or so. My dad had a physical a few months ago but everything was fine. I couldn't help but think that the doctor forgot to tell him and just sent his referral to the cancer center without notifying him first.

Anyway, I found that out right before going in to get labs done and I literally felt sick. I kept thinking why not me again, why does it have to be my dad? It made me realize that what I always said going through treatment is true---it's much easier to be the person going through treatment than the one having to sit back and watch. I can't imagine seeing any of my family members go through that.

Needless to say, he called the number that was provided in his welcome packet to see what was going on and the girl told him that he had been referred by his doctor, that's why they sent him the information. He asked what doctor referred him and it wasn't even his doctor! She transferred him to the doctors office and turns out they made a mistake. Said, "So sorry..." and that was it. WHAT!!! How could something like that possibly happen? I get mad all over again just thinking about it! He asked to be transferred to the quality control person and they somehow managed to hang up on him (by accident?) instead....

That was the big scare of the day. I immediately thought the worst when my mom told me. Kinda hard not to though when he received a letter with his name and appointment date!! Crazy.

Speaking of cancer, there was just a story on KGW about a 10 year old girl battling breast cancer. Are you kidding me? Kinda scary considering most women don't get mammograms until 35 or 40!

Also on the subject of cancer, I just got done watching part of the Farrah Fawcett Story. So sad, hit pretty close to home. Mine was nothing like hers, but seeing her lose her hair and all of the emotions brought tears to my eyes. Thank goodness that chapter of my life is over!

Ok, bed time. We have a wedding at The Fairmont in Seattle at 11 tomorrow morning so we're going to be on the road early!

Hope everyone enjoys the sun!