Christmas

I spent the majority of today buying christmas presents for family + relatives. Ugh, the shops are so crowded (though I should expect this). My dad has been sick for a while (this really bad cough that wouldn't go away). Recently he's had some scans and he has something called lymphonia (sp?). Its a form of cancer just around the lower throat area, but luckily its curable. He had to go into hospital today and have some surgery done. They took a bit of the growth out to test and make sure it is what they diagnosised it as. :-/