I’m wishing a very happy 69th birthday to my dad today. This one is extra special because as some may know, a few months ago, my dad had a tumor removed from his brain. It was about the size of an orange. When we first heard “we found a mass in his brain” I swear the whole family cried, maybe not all on the outside but it was the scariest thing. Now we thought he had been going downhill because of his age and the fact that he’d been sick for a lot of his youth. Nope, turns out it was a god damn tumor. Special shout out to mom because without your motherly instincts and getting dad to the hospital when he thought he was fine, the tumor would have gone unnoticed. A few days after the successful surgery (thank you Hershey Medical), he was back to more than normal. I haven’t seen him so talkative and like actual so alive in a while. He’s beyond better. Last Christmas he wouldn’t even respond to us, couldn’t get dressed by himself, slept all day, never left the house. Now he’s doing all that and more, the radiation treatments to remove any additional tumor pieces are over, and my dad is back. Consciously present and funnier than ever. So happy birthday dad! Here’s to the rest :) #tumorbegone #happybirthday #69yearsyoung #life #daddy #medicalmiracle