Dad’s Okay · Stef Lewandowski

My dad had a heart problem at work (still not sure what happened) and had to go be rushed to hospital. Suffice to say it was a little scary for all of the family and as soon as I heard I drove back down to my parents’ place.

Anyway - today, he’s back at home, and everything looks like it’s going to be fine. Dad’s off work for a couple of weeks, and it looks like he’s going to be okay, and he’s going back to work pretty soon.

Thanks to everyone on Twitter who offered kind words - it was really appreciated. And anyone who says these online social networking tools are good for nothing is plain wrong.

Mean time I’m aware that people are waiting on things for me and I’ll be getting through them now that I’m back at work.

It’s quite strange building a site for dads when your own dad is lying in hospital…

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About this piece

First published 12 Aug 2008.

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