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Thinking happy thoughts
( personal life )This morning I got a call from my mom telling me that dad had to go in for bypass surgery today. This wasn't completely unexpected. At my birthday party he had mentioned that he would be going in for tests today and if they indeed found a blockage (as the expected they would), they would send him over for immediate surgery. Apparently he had a 97% blockage in one artery and 65% in another, so they may do both on this try.
My dad being in the hospital is nothing new to me at this point. During my life I've seen my father go through many stays in the hospital; 4 back operations, 2 rotator cuff surgeries, pins inserted in his feet twice, not to mention countless panic attacks related to his PTSD. He's also a walking pharmacy, with medications for pain, potassium deficiency, PTSD, etc, plus he takes insulin for diabetes. I love the man though, so it's still hard to see him in the hospital and especially now going through a serious (but at this point almost routine) surgery. So I'm just trying to think happy thoughts until I get the call from mom telling me he's out of surgery and everything is OK.
Update: Got the call. Surgery apparently only took 13 minutes. Dad's awake, doing well, and should be home tomorrow.
