I received the call from mom last night that dad had no control over the left side of his face. He felt fine and didn’t feel any pain whatsoever no headache or anything at all, just no control over the left side of his face. She thought it was Bell’s Palsy since dad’s younger sister had this once or mom thought it could be a stroke. Dad was able to see his Dr. along with a visit to the Hospital this morning and was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy which we are all so thankful for. It should take about 2 weeks for the medication to do its thing and he will have normal control over the left side of his face in two weeks or so. It’s such a relief knowing it will go away in time. I was feeling quite upset the last 24 hours because I couldn’t do anything at all for him. I was too far away to see him and felt completely helpless so the one thing I could do was pray, and that I did.

Dad was telling me today that he went in to take a nap Saturday evening feeling fine and all but when he woke the left side of his face felt different. Mom had a look at him and knew something was wrong right away. He was joking with me before he went to the Dr’s office today laughing and carrying on about how funny it was to look in the mirror while raising his eyebrows when only one eyebrow would raise and the other just stayed in place or how only the right side of his mouth would move when he smiled… At least he had good spirits and it was so good to hear his voice before he was off to see the Dr. It took everything inside me to call him because I was so scared but I’m so glad I did because he definitely had a way of lifting my spirits. It’s crazy how the one who was suffering was the one who cheered me up. I love my dad so much.

I carried on over at the studio today having more glazing fun and even took a rest on the picnic bench outside overlooking the river which was very calming. Bobby invited me to meet him for lunch over in the area and it was so nice to see him in the middle of the day. I’m feeling so much better this evening knowing everything is going to be alright. Thank You God for taking good care of dad.