Old Weird Ward

Old Weird Ward

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Wednesday, July 06, 2005

 

- - - - - Family Matters - - - - -

Yesterday, at 10:45AM EDT, my eldest daughter, Catie, called me from Olympia WA, where she had been visiting my Dad for the Fourth of July weekend. She informed me that my Dad, her Grandpa, had suffered a heart attack and was in the hospital.

Catie recognized that Something Bad was happening, and had the presence of mind to get him into the hospital.

I'm extradinarily proud of Catie - a young woman who thinks clearly in a situation calling for panic.

Catie saved her Grandpa's life.

It now appears that Dad is going to be OK. He's had an angiogram, which found a couple of blockages, and an angioplasty to remove those blockages, and he is no longer in pain, and seems to be recovering well. He should be home from the hospital by Saturday.

My sisters Rosy and Connie, who live in the area (Tacoma and Portland, respectively) were there within hours. Rosy's husband Ron went through much the same sort of thing a few years back, so Rosy has experience dealing with cardiac issues, and was able to help the situation along.

Dad is 82.

This has been, and is, one of the most frightening and frustrating things I've ever dealt with.

Dad is in Olympia, Washington. I'm in Camden County, Georgia. And I couldn't do a damned thing but sit here and wait for The Word.

Fortunately, The Word is good - Dad's going home, alive and well. Probably, when he figures out that he's going to be spending a lot of time with doctors getting checked out, and he'll probably be taking some medications for the rest of his life, he's going to be... irritated.

Guaranteed, he's gonna be peeved. Dad absolutely hates being "fussed over".

So, although the Word is good, I still sit, and wait.