my mom calls mid day yesterday, never a good thing, they never call except for on my birthday i call because i have free long distance. my mom will be 80 next month and my dad turned 85 last month. as soon as i see the name on the caller id i assume one or the other is dead. my mom had a stroke in the winter and my dad had a heart attack almost 30 years ago and several
minor problems
since so we are always expecting the worst.
so anyway back to the call. mom says dads cardiologist sent him to the hospital on Thursday to get some tests done, she didn't know exactly what
they started the test and then immediately rushed him in to surgery and did what i have to assume was an angioplasty, again mom has no clue even though the doctor explained exactly what he was going to do
. when i last talked to him he said he just had a stress test done because he had been feeling really lethargic and weak. turns out he was basically working on half a heart due to the fact that one side was completely blocked and the other side partially blocked. the doctor said he was ready to drop dead at any moment. so they kept him over night and sent him home the next day.
i asked to speak to him she said he's out mowing the lawn
they told him to go home and do what he normally does. he said he is like a new man and he feels like he's 60 again.
he has out lived any male in his family by 26 years they all died of heart related problems.
just thought i would share.
