A Day At The Hospital

Today was a very long day! This is what I did:

1. Got up and got ready
2. Took Jacey to school
3. Came home and then Mom and I took my car to have the oil changed
4. Came home and got our stuff
5. Took my car to get new tires
6. After leaving my car, I drove Mom and Dad to the hospital
7. Went to two banks
8. Picked Jacey up from school at 1:00 p.m.
9. Went to the hospital to see Dad before his procedure
10. Waited at the hospital


For those of you who don't know, and most of you probably don't, Dad had a heart cath done today. He was scheduled for 3, but got bumped up to 2. I am not the most patient person in the world and it is especially disturbing to sit and wait at the hospital. My younger brother, Kristian, made it to the hospital while Dad was having the procedure done.

We actually received excellent news. Excellent news being relative to the overall picture and what we were afraid we might hear. My dad's heart looks good. He has 20-30% blockages, but nothing to worry about right now. The bad news is that the artery in his leg (the one that is not 100% blocked) is now 70-80% blocked. He will need to have a stint procedure done in a couple of weeks. The exciting news is that they have new technology to try and feed a wire into the blocked artery and attempt to open it up. If that works, he will have major improvement with blood flow! Now, the doctor did say that it was a longshot, but he is going to try. Jerrod and I were talking tonight and we are going to be praying specifically for one little wire to find a way through. The doctor says that if he can get a way in, he can open it up and get it stinted. This should help with Dad's leg pain.