Out of Surgery

Mom just called back and one artery was 100% blocked and they put a stint in. This one is the one that caused heart attack. The other artery is 90+% blocked and will wait about 3 weeks before they put a stint in it. The Dr. says his arteries are no good because of his diabetes so they want to wait. On a brighter note...No heart damage !!!! Heart looks good !!!!

He is now back in his room.

Just a side note: Ronnie had another seizure this morning and is pacing the floor to go to the hospital. Susan stayed home to be with Ronnie. Fred, Todd, and Mom are trying to keep Ronnie at home today so that he can rest and Fred has promised Ronnie he will take him to the hospital tomorrow if he will just stay at home today.

Grandad Airlifted to Wichita

Grandad was taken to the ER in Vernon last night and after an EKG, blood work, four nitro pills and morphine he was airlifted to Wichita Falls. He spent the night in pain. They currently have him on a Nitro drip and are working him in for an angiogram. He is still in pain and they feel like something else is going on. Just got a call from mom: Grandad's dr., Dr. Samuelson, said he definately had a heart attack. They do not know the extent or the damage yet and gave him two options: 1) Get over this one and go home or 2) Perform a Cardiac Cath (angiogram) to see how much damage has been done and go from there. Grandad told the Dr. that he was in the Dr.'s hands and to do what he thought was necessary. Dr. Samuelson said going home would NOT be a good choice. Mom informed me that they had already signed the paper work to do the Cath so Dr. Samuelson had ordered it before talking to Grandad. Dr. Samuleson does not perfom Cardiac Cath's so he has recommended Dr. Desiree (sp). Dr. Desiree is the Dr. that performed Albert's surgery and is an excellent surgeon. Mom said Grandad was still NOT comfortable and they had increased the Nitro drip 3 times with no relief so they have ordered more morphine. The Cath will be performed sometime today. They are waiting on Dr. Desiree now.

VETERANS DAY !!

Veterans Day is a day to reflect and remember those men, women, children, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters and friends who serve the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA !! They serve and sacrifice so that we, the people, have the freedoms that we have. Here is a paratroopers prayer I found:

FORGET-ME-NOT

A poem by Peter S. Griffin

Death found us, on the battlefields of freedom,
Duty, Honor, Country, the noblest of reasons....
Fallen Screaming Eagles, we paid the toll,
Our sacrifices, etched, forever, on our souls....

Engaging battle, from the sky,
Looking death, straight in the eye....
We feared no enemy, on this earth,
On righteousness, Fallen Screaming Eagles perch....

Now we lay silent, in fields of green,
Our children, in FREEDOM, frolic in our dreams....
Eternal peace, granted, by a loving God,
Our highest decoration, the FORGET-ME-NOT, to cover our sod....


Hug a Veteran. Take the time to THANK him/her for everything that they have done so that you and I can have the life that we live. The FREEDOMS we have would not be possible without the life of a Veteran.

THANK YOU !!!

Loss

Susan went to her father's funeral in Amarillo and then on to New Mexico but Big Ronnie was sick and couldn't go. Grandad, Freddie, and Debbie all "baby" sat with him to try and get him back on his feet. He was vomitting and couldn't keep anything down. From what I understand, Ronnie had been in severe pain for a few days and that's what he thought was causing all the vomitting..was the pain. Hopefully everything is back to "normal"....I know "normal" and Big Ronnie in the same sentence is a hard thing to grasp !!! ha ha

Little Ronnie and Pam went to Hobbs for her mother's funeral over the weekend. I think the service was to be on Monday. Maybe Little Ronnie will send me an e-mail to let me know how Pam is doing...hint..hint..

I hope everyone had a safe trip !! We are thinking about each and everyone of you in your time of sorrow.