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[the_rck]

Scott's father is in the hospital with heart trouble. They're rating his heart function at eighteen percent. Scott's parents are in Florida right now, so Scott and his siblings can't visit or do anything much to support his mother, who's beside herself with worry. Scott's father was apparently not feeling quite right before they left on their trip in September, but he insisted on going anyway.

I know Scott's pretty worried, too. He feels really helpless with his parents so far away. We haven't told Delia. I think we'll have to if we want to get her to talk on the phone with her grandparents. She normally refuses to talk on the phone at all.

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[retsuko.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry to hear that. Please tell Scott I'll be thinking good things for him and his family.

[the_rck]

Thanks. I'll let Scott know.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

**hug**

Not that you asked, but -- my childhood self would have wanted to be told. My dad spent a lot of time in hospitals when I was a teenager, and my mom did a lot of sheltering me from the truth (my parents were divorced), and I used to feel very angry and betrayed when I found out that something had been kept from me. It really damaged my trust in my mom, for years afterward.

Delia is, of course, a different person, with different reactions to the world, plus she's much younger than I was. So the situation is quite different. And you're the best judge of what's right for her. So I don't know that my childhood experience is relevant at all. But I thought it was worth mentioning.

[the_rck]

We ended up telling her that her grandfather is in the hospital. That got her to talk on the phone, and Scott had the phone on speakerphone while his mother was talking about the surgery they're planning. I don't think Delia understands the implications, but she has the information. I don't want to worry her unduly, but there's a very real chance that he's not going to make it. Gale says that this surgery has a lot of risk of 'complications.'

I really wish they were in Michigan right now.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

**hug**

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

I hope Scott's father improves quickly!

[the_rck]

Thanks! We're trying to stay optimistic, but the news isn't good so far.