Anyone who claims to is lying and doesn't know what they're speaking of at all. That's the first known truth of quantum theory.
Does it remain and function as a living tree? Does it only work with wooden tables, in a reversal of its first transformation? However this place works, there are those who have come back from the dead, or from points in time prior to being so. But hope is a dangerous thing to get lost in. What about your father? What is it that he does, or is like?
You're better off listening to your own reasoning at that point, yes. I'm sure there are plenty of friendly sorts here.