My dad's doing well. On Friday he had a massive heart attack. I booked a flight Friday night and was in Kentucky by Saturday night. His aortic artery was 100% blocked, and his symptoms were not "normal" heart attack symptoms so he didn't seek medical attention right away. He was within twenty minutes of dying.
My dad is extremely lucky for so many reasons. It seemed as if God had orchestrated everything. My step-sister who just passed her EMT training rushed to the house and started taking his vitals. She then called my other step-sister who works for two cardiologists. Between the two of them, they saved his life. He had to have numerous things done to him including a helium balloon that pumped his heart, a temporary pacemaker and 4 stints in the one artery. He’s lucky the young cardiologist tried this aggressive procedure before opening him up. Because he avoided getting open heart surgery, he’ll not only be recovering faster, he’s likely to live longer.
I flew back yesterday, arriving at 9:00 p.m. We didn’t get back to Pittsburg until 11:30. Needless to say, I was pretty exhausted when I went to work this morning.
As of my phone call with him tonight, he is doing well. He is home and resting (but reluctantly). He's going to have to stop smoking and that really frightens him.
-G
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We've been praying for you! Jerry's also had heart problems this week, so we've been talking about all of that with Raven. On the way to the hospital, she asked "Why does God give us a heart?" So I replied "So we can love people!" (Come on, she wasn't wanting anatomy and she's only 3!) Then she asked "Why is gpa Jerry's heart broken?" It was pretty cute!
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