Damn, my Dad fell

He's doing OK, but has two broken ribs. He somehow caught his foot in a cord and fell against a TV stand.

I just found this out via my brother; I haven't been able to get a hold of my Dad directly, but he's not in the hospital right now, he's at home -- so that's a plus.

But damn, everything had been going so smoothly.

Update: I talked to my Dad and he sounded OK. He really didn't want to go into the hospital and so they wound up not admitting him. He's taking Percoset every 4 hours to manage the pain. He's been doing his best to breath as fully as possible, get up out of bed -- the concern at this point is pneumonia settling in to his lungs. There really isn't much they can do for broken ribs; the healing time and pain is extended by the necessity to breath, which keeps a certain amount of constant stress on the ribs.

The timing is really awful on this, just as he was gaining back some strength. All things considered, he sounded pretty matter-of-fact about the situation, but I am sure it's extremely frustrating.