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Wednesday 15th

This day just settled things for me. A bit of background information, my dad is one of those quiet gentle but unstoppable forces. This is the guy who gave himself a second hernia while working on ambulances with an existing hernia. The guy who broke a fingernail in half laying bricks so opted to tear the entire nail off to carry working, then sulked when the garage wouldn't let him go to work without the fingernail. In my mind he was always 40 and unstoppable despite retiring 2 years ago. Well something happned Wednesday the 15th that shattered that. His heart had a spell, and rushed to hospital after shortness of breath, grey colour, sweets, feeling cold.. I was told by my sister at 2pm while in work and immediately rushed to Carmarthen from Swansea. The only people I told was my boss as I had to leave and a gentleman I give a lift home to. Whatever happned had passed and I found my dad outside A&E relaxing in the sun. Only then did I calm down and call my wife to tell her wha...