These last 30 hours have been pretty crazy. Overwhelmed by the amount of prayers, visits, and concerns by friends and family. I just wanted to give a quick update and recap of what has been happening over the last day. Most of you know my dad had a heart attack early yesterday morning and was taken to Stringfellow Memorial Hospital for care. They did a heart cath yesterday around lunch and found that he had four blockages. One of which was on the right side of his heart and was about 95% blocked. The other three are on the left side and are between 70-85% blocked. They put a stent in the one one that was on the right side, aka the one that caused the heart attack. I'm currently waiting with my mom on the doctor to come in and decide what will be our next move. His nurse said that it looks like they will most likely keep him overnight and do the other three stents late tomorrow evening. The reason they didn't do all four at one time was because of the dye that they use for the stents could cause kidney problems if they use too much. All this is new to me so I'm merely repeating what I hear the doctor and nurses say. We are waiting at the moment to see what the next move is. They may move him into a different room just for tonight but we will know more when the doctor arrives. I have been overwhelmed by the level of excellence that the staff at Stringfellow has shown over the last day or so. Again, thank you guys for your prayers and visits it has made this process a lot easier. Continue to pray for my mom, she has a tendency to 'freak out' easily and pray for me that I can continue to offset her with my nauseatingly positive attitude.
Andrew
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