Reno

We finally made it to Reno but daddy was insistent to have dinner with the kids first, get the hotel room and he'd go in the morning after breakfast.  Stubborn.  Another rough night but we made it to breakfast and he promised we could take him right after.  The hospital was about two blocks away and it specialized in cancer patients.   Me and badoll went with him to the hospital and we would call Christina as soon as we knew to bring momma and everyone else. 

Daddy was in his wheelchair sitting straight and coherent, he was determine not to get any pity, while Badoll was with him on the side the ER desk was asking questions and I waited till he was out of earshot before I just started crying and telling her, please you have to help him, he hasn't eaten, he has trouble breathing and he has stage 4 kidney cancer.  They took him right away, within the hour he was in a room and we were all there except Gabe.  It was time to call him, he knew he was sick but now it was urgent.  The doctors were still optimistic but in our hearts we knew once they said pneumonia this was it.  I called Gabe and he was on the road, he would be there late evening, he was going to cut across Tehachapi to Reno.

They gave him some medication to relax him so he could rest but he had an allergic reaction and began to flail and try to get out of bed, it was the hardest thing but we were forced to have him restraint for his safety.  Then there were x-rays of the chest, the pneumonia was in one lung and it was a wait and see to see if it moved to his other lung.