edited to add

Well, what was supposed to be a simple outpatient procedure has turned into a "he needs to be admitted for more heavy duty treatment"

This isn't good for a lot of reasons. My mom called and said she'd be home "when she could" and for me to go ahead and eat dinner if she wasn't there. So I fear the rest of my break may wind up a little lonely; she will probably want to be over there with him, and I'm not sure there's even another functional car. (I'll have to check on their Ford, I guess.) If worse comes to worse there's a Jewel within walking distance so I can at least get fresh food, but I'd hope she'd be home enough for one of us to at least run out there.

Crap. I hope things wind up going well. I don't like this.