Wow what a
day yesterday was. It was a day full of stress that I hope does not get
repeated often. This will be short today as I will now have time while in a
hospital waiting room to write many blog posts ahead.
My phone
rang at around 10:30 am yesterday, October 10, 2013. Looking at the display, it
was my Mom and sometimes she will just call so I almost did not pick it up.
That little inner voice said, ‘no pick this one up.’ I answered and Mom is
crying, telling me they think my Dad had a stroke and that they were waiting on
the ambulance.
Normally
my parents are 5+ hours away. Luckily they were only about an hour and a half
away visiting friends for my Dad’s annual military vet reunion bbq. I am the
oldest child and the closest at this point from where they were. After telling
my boss, I jumped in the car and headed to Waco. Arrived there a little after
noon to the hospital to see my Mom and Dad.
As he
recovers, thankfully I can say that, I will go into more detail. They were able
to get him the drug Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) and within a few hours
we were seeing movement on his right side and while he is having a lot of
trouble speaking, we are seeing improvement as time goes by. They have him in
ICU and we will have a lot of tests run today and over the upcoming days as we
learn more about what his recovery will look like.
Today was
both stressful and eye opening. Hug your loved ones today, you never know how
long they will be around. Tell them you love them.
Comments
and/or questions are welcome.
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