Shitty Morning

I backdated this because it's about Saturday. We got a phone call at 8:45 am from Tony, one of my dad's friends. We knew that if he was calling that early something was seriously wrong. Tony and Jody were working together at Line Power. They got Wednesday off, so they were working Saturday morning. Something happened and Jody had 4000 V run through him. They had to call 911, give him CPR to restart his heart, and rush him to the ER. Tony called his wife, and had her call dad because he was too emotional to even talk. Dad got dressed and went straight to the ER.

When he left, my grandma called. She told us that she found out she didn't have colon cancer, but does have cysts somewhere in her colon or digestive tract. Then she said that my cousin Jason who's shipping off for Iraq at 5am 3/16 was at the vet with his dog he's had for 15 years because it got attacked by a coyote. And to top it all off she told us that my Uncle Mike was going to come to visit us all to say goodbye, but the doctors wouldn't release him because they said if he comes here he'll have about 2 days to live, whereas if he doesn't he'll have 2 months.

After mom hung up with grandma, Mamaw called. We all shot the phone a look. Mamaw said that my Papaw has been in the hospital for a week, and they've run all kinds of test, but have no idea what's wrong with him. She talked to mom for a while, and mom gave her Aunt Kelly's address so they could talk because they're going through similar experiences.

Once mom got off the phone with mamaw, she started making breakfast, and I got in the shower to start getting ready for the wedding. I told them before I got in the shower to just take the damn phone off the hook since it's been such a harbinger of bad news. As soon as I got out of the shower, got dressed, and was putting on my makeup, dad called. He said Jody didn't make it, and he was there trying to console Gequetta, Jody's wife. They had to give Tony a sedative to calm him down. So, I guess I'm going to a wedding Saturday and a funeral Monday or Tuesday. If this day gets any worse, I'm turning off all communication devices.