mill8277 ~I know how you feel, I spent all of Dec.2008 in the ICU & slept in the waiting room. My husband came down w/mersa it's not deadly if you're healthy but when you have diabetes & your kidneys are shot to hell, as well as a triple bypass fighting mersa was really hard. He beat the mersa but he pass in the rehab. center, personally, I wished they'd let him stay in the hospital even after recovering from the mersa cuz they didn't have basic medical equipment @the rehab. which was a place for recovery, he barley survived the mersa & I think he had a stroke but they had no equipment that would monitor his existing medical problems.
I'll call upon the Higher Powers to help you & your dad get through this. I'll also call upon my husband, though he's no longer here; everytime I have critical problems & issues....I call to him for help & some how after I do that, my problem(s) suddenly are easy to solve.
Also, make sure you question everything, they do to your dad. Even if it's getting him admitted to a recovery center, make sure that it is the appropriate one for him according to his condition. Make sure he, doesn't get mersa; I say this because mersa, is found in highest concentrations a hospital; every hospital! In the weaken condition your dad is in; it would be very hard to fight mersa.
Be strong, think positively; try picturing the illness leaving your dad's body; see him in you mind's eyes your dad strong, & healthy again. It's a good exercise cuz it helps to occupy your mind in positive thinking @the same time, helps in passing the time in which you'd be just sitting there worrying.
good Luck & please keep us posted.