Dad in hospital again

My dad is in hospital again with a chest infection and fluid on his right lung. At the moment it looks like he will be in hospital for about a week (hopefully he will be home for Christmas though). It is at times like this that I find it hardest to be living as far away from my family as I do. It’s only about seventy miles but I can’t get home when I’m on call and so it does feel like I am further away sometimes, particularly as most of my siblings live within two miles of my parents.