He’s been walking around the past three weeks with a liter of fluid in each lung, two arteries 95 percent blocked, and one artery totally blocked. All those symptoms were the result of a heart attack he didn’t know he had. When the doctor explained all this to us after performing a quintuple bypass surgery on my dad tonight, he used the words “stubborn” and “mean” and “ornery” among others. All fit.
It’s probably best that I went home without having to hear him hooked up to the ventilator. It’s the slurping noises that really bother me.
Rusty,
I’m sorry to hear that. I hope everything goes well with your father. Let me know if there is anything your parents need…since I live close by I don’t mind to help.
Good god. Your dad sounds like one tough bastard. It also sounds like you’ll be dealing with him for a while to come. From the way you speak of him, I hope that’s the case.
Seriously. Who walks around for three weeks with two liters of fluid in their lungs?
That’s one tough bastard, indeed.
Odd coincidence - my roommate had a heart attack on Sunday. He’s fine now.
Btw every time you make one new post, your RSS feed shows three “new” posts, comprising the new one and the two photo-gallery ones from the past month.
Sorry to hear about his health trouble. I hope all is well with him, your mom and the rest of the family.
Thanks everyone for your comments.
CM,
The issue is with the WPG2 plugin (which integrates the photo gallery into Wordpress). I’ve been meaning to email the authors about it, but haven’t had a chance.