When my dad went to hospital! =[

In the middle of the last 2 week holidays my dad was sent to hospital. We had just got back from Whakatane and mum and dad were sitting on the couch watching tv and I was on the computer. I overheard mum and dad talking about how dad was feeling really sick but I didnt really think that much of it. It was only when dad went to bed at about 5:30pm that I got a little bit worried. I asked mum what was going but she just mumbled and ignored me. So I kept going on at her untill she told me the truth. When she finally told me she said that dad had a really aching sharp pain at the back of his head and neck. Dad got out of bed and came into the lounge and said that he couldnt sleep because it hurt too much. He would go really pale but he would get big surges of pain and when this happened his face went bright red, almost purple. Mum got dad a bag of peas to but on the back of his head/ neck but it didnt help. Mum then told me to go and get the phonebook and call the A and E in Red Beach and see if they were open. By then I was getting quite scared. I got up and ran around the house looking for the phonebook... I finally found it and called the A and E and they said that they were open! I was sooo relieved. But still very scared. We got in the car! I could tell that dad was scared! I could tell that mum was scared too because she was panicking and driving quite fast and trying to overtake slow cars. I was extremely scared too but I didnt want to say anything or show it because it would just make it worse for my dad. We finally got there and we went straight into the doctor... He gave dad a blood test and painkillers but they didnt seem to work. I remember sitting opposite my dad and looking at how much pain he was in... I had to hold back my tears. he was holding the back of his neck and scrunching up his face in pain. I looked at his legs and feet and they had gone all pale and blotchy which scared me. At one point I didnt know if he was breathing or not because his face went purple with pain. I started to get really scared so my mum sent me out to sit in the waiting room because I was panicking. She didnt want me to scare dad anymore than he already was. I watched as the doctor came out of the room and say to the lady sitting at the front desk "Call and ambulance". I ran into the room where mum and dad were and asked why they were calling an abulance... Dad just smiled at me and winked but I could still see the pain on his face. The reason I was so scared was because dad always has headaches and back aches and things like this and he can normally take alot of pain but this time he couldnt... It was just to much! When the ambulance got there they wheeled in a bed so they could carry him in. He looked so scared when he was lying in the bed... and I wanted to help him, but there was nothing that I could do. Me and mum followed behind the abulance in the car. It was horrible because I could slightly see through the tinted windows. I saw them getting towels out and I absolutly freaked. I was like "Mum why are they getting towels out.. Whats happened?". All I could think about was my dad dying which terrifyed me. When we got to the hospital we ran out the car and into the emergency room to find dad. When we found him he looked really really pale and I was talking to the lady that went in the abulance with him asking if he was okay and what happened and everything. She said that he threw up as soon as they gave him morphine? I think thats what it was called. Dad looked terrifyed and very very pale... but he said he felt a tiny it better than before which relieved me. I told dad I loved him and gave him a hug then they wheeled him away to a ward in the emergancy room! Me and mum sat with him for a while but we decided we should go for a walk to let him sleep. So we decided to go and look for the tea and coffee room! On our way back from the room... We got lost! I never thought that5 hospitals could be so confusing, but by the end of the night i was pro as at knowing my way around it! Haha. Once we got back dad told us that they were going to go and give him a cat scan to see if there was any bleeding inside his head! And Oh my gosh! This guy that was like 500 years old came up to me and was like... Ohhh you look very nice... I just want to take you home!! I was like... Ummm thanks? And mum was like... you cant sorry, shes mine. And then we walked away. But he started following us... So we had to hide and get the nurse to take him back to his ward. It was quite funny! Me and mum sat in the hallway because we didnt want to wake dad up or distract him... So we sat there from about 7 till 3 in the morning. The nurse then told us that its best if we go hom now because there is no point in staying because the hospital is getting very crowded and we wont find out the results of the scan till morning anway! So we got in the car and went home. It took us a while to find our way and we got crazily lost! But we found our way eventually. I think my mum was getting quite annoyed at me because I kept asking... Mum, do you think hes going to be okay? I knew what I was doing.. I just couldnt seem to stop myself from saying it! On the way home we got a call from dad saying that there was no bleeding in his brain and that they had absolutly no idea what it was. They out him on this drip thing just incase it was severe dehydration and he had haps of cords cables and needles attactched to him but they still couldnt figured out what it was. Me and mum went back to the hospital and 6 in the morning to see him! He said it still hurt but he felt a bit better! We left at about lunch time! And I was so so so glad he was okay! I thought I was going to loose my dad that night and Im so thankful that I didnt! It really makes you think twice about your family and how lucky you are to have them! Never take them forgranted.