What a week.....

Wow, has this been a week. But....in the end, it has good results.

My dad went to have back surgery on Tuesday. He had a problem with his his spine closing in on his spinal cord. It was causing a lot of pain in his legs and hips and would have eventually led to him not walking. He had surgery and had that fixed....but after that he had a heart attack (while he was still in the hospital). However, no one knew he had it and when he complained the next day of chest pain, they did tests but couldn't find any sign of a heart attack. They gave him some meds for his stomach and indigestion and let him go home. After he got settled in at home I came home to Brockwell. (This is Wednesday)

About an hour and a half after I got home, Mom called to tell me that they were at the ER and that Dad had had a heart attack. I grabbed some clothes and headed back to Jonesboro.

After some tests (a blood test that revealed the problem) dad was admitted to the ICU. Luckily (sort of) the ICU was full so they put him in the overflow area and let Mom sit with him. You have to remember that he has a 5 inch incision in his back so laying still and on his back is a bit uncomfortable...and he was so tired and pale.

Now to Thursday.... They scheduled him for a heart cath and took him for that at 11:30. The results were that his stint from 2006 was clogged and he had 2 other blockages. They were able to clean out the first stint and added a second at that spot and then put one in another spot. The before and after photo shows such a difference in blood flow. He recovered quickly. On Thursday night, I stayed at the hospial with him so Mom would go sleep. At about 6:30 They moved him to the regular ICU when a spot opened so I had to sit in the waiting room...but at 11:00 that night they moved him to a regular room because he was doing so good and called me so that I could sit in his room.

Friday morning he was feeling good and they let him come home at about 11:00.
I spent the night with them to make sure he was ok and drove home on Saturday morning.

He has caught up on some sleep and is walking around. He went outside for a while yesterday to soak up some of that sun and this morning he feels good enough to go to church.

So, this week has been "a week" but the results are great.