Tuesday, September 15, 2009

It's 2AM, do you know where your parents are?

Tracy and Mom finally left Methodist after getting Dad settled just after 2AM local time. When they left, Dad seemed quite a bit better than he was earlier in the day, and was going to sleep.

All indications are that he did NOT have a heart attack, but the trouble is that in Dad's mind, he's already thinking quadruple bypass, and asking where he should go to have it done. He called Mom this morning and said that the doctor told him that he had five or six vessels 95% blocked (which, I cannot emphasize enough, IS NOT TRUE!). Poor Dad, just not thinking clear on this, and this is going to cause some undue stress on him and on the family to get him straightened out.

The cardiologist this morning was in and ordered a cardiolite test (which is a chemical stress test instead of using a treadmill).

Pressure is on the hospital to wrap things up before 7:30 tonight, or Mom gets charged basically a night at a hotel rate to keep his room open for his return. Nothing like a nice, easy, restful start to the week!

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