Wanna say a big thank-you to all of you for posting, calling or sms-ing your concern. Really appreciate it. Phone has been going off all day. Not that i'm complaining. Grateful for all the support.

Here's some updates in case you might wanna know. Dad's op took longer than expected. 6 hours instead of 3. That's cos the surgeon decided to remove the 'offensive' disc in the neck portion of my dad's spinal cord and replace it with an artificial one. Originally they hoped to simply fuse two of the vertebra together in order to reduce the pressing of the disc on the nerve. (don't ask me how it works..) That would have taken 3 hours. Anyways, dad seems fine. Why i say 'seem' is cos i have yet to see the doc in charge. He's been really hard to track down. Illusive, this guy is. Apparently, here's how it all works in the hospital: at the end of an op, if you don't see or hear the doc, it means all is well?? *shrug* I've given up asking the nurse when the doc is coming.

Meanwhile, dad is lying in the hospital bed with a neck brace, a drip bag (is that what u call it??), a urine bag and miscellaneous tubes weaving in and out of his body. Can't eat or drink (what would i do without my pao pao cha??), can't move, let alone go to the loo or shower. Can't turn his head either and can't watch tv. (the angle of his head is all wrong becos of the brace. Think he's gonna have a ball of a time memorising the ceiling)

When he can eat or walk or move or be discharged or receive visitors, i have NO IDEA. Blasted doctor....

Otherwise, he's fine =)

Thanks again all...