Merry Christmas

Lots to tell.
It's Christmas and I'm in MN.  Our Dad has been in ICU for days now. 
He was snow blowing his driveway and was putting out the garbage cans for garbage pick up and the neighbor across the street happen to look out of his window and saw my dad going about his business.  He watched him for a bit, just because that is what neighbors do, and watched my Dad collapse.  Down he went in the snow and good neighbor called 911.  They were here within minutes and had to revive him at the end of our driveway.  The brought him to the hospital where they assessed the situation.  They found that a Stent that was put in years ago tore and caused a blood clot which took him down.  They had now idea how long it was that he was not getting oxygen to his brain so they decided to do hypothermia therapy.  That's where they bring the body core temp down to around 32 degrees for 48 hours and then warm him back up slowly.  Basically, defrost him.  So they did that.  Apparently, it's a last resorts effort.   He is now back to regular temp and is still in ICU but yesterday we had a pretty positive day.  He was answering questions and he knew who we were.  He was moving, squeezing our hands and even cracking some jokes.  Andy said, "Dad, I can relate" and Dad's answer was, "The Hell you can!!"  We can barely decipher what he is saying but that is definitely what he said.  We all laughed. 
From here, we don't know what to do.  We need to talk to a social worker to decide, if he does get out of there, what kind of care and treatment he needs, who will be with him etc.  It still is all to early to tell but these are some tough decisions we will be making in the next week or so. 
That's the update for those of you who read and have been asking.  Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers.  I really appreciate it and the friendships I have are amazing. 
Merry Christmas.