Got word a little while ago that my father was diagnosed with TIA (mini/transient stroke) this morning at his local hospital... he recovered, and asked for tests to be run that required him to be transferred to St. Vincent hospital in Portland, OR. (he lives in Oysterville, WA near the OR border)

right now I'm being kept in the loop by my stepmother who is following the ambulance during the Xfer- he is stable and coherent. If the situation worsens, I'll fly to Portland...