Ok I have been trying to keep this in side but my dad had a heart attack last night and I cant quit thinking about it. He went in for a triple bypass at 7:00 this morning and I havent herd anything. I keep telling my self that every thing will be fine but I keep thinking thats the same thing they told when my grandma his mom had one. She is no longer with us.
OU812,
I am so sorry to hear about your dad and will be praying that he recovers.
My dad had a triple bypass August 2008 and he is doing better than ever.
The surgery does take hours and your dad will probably be in ICU for a few days.
Take care,
Carolyn
We'll pray for for Him, and You.
Hang tight OU. One of my coworkers had a quadruple bypass, and is a vision of health now. It will be a long recovery..
Hang in there OU. He will be OK he's a tough ol man.
Be strong OU.
Prayers are being said for your father and you.
KyNola
OU
Our prayers are with you and your family.
Be strong my friend.
nepas & family
Thanks everyone, wish I lived closer I would see him more, he lives 120 miles west of were I call it home. Just talked to him last week about doing a addition to his house and he sounded fine. My sis is taking harder then me, you know daddy's little girl. Still havent herd anything yet. Fighting back the tears.
Prayer are coming your way from Syria. May your father recover soon.
Hang in there and up us posted on your father's recovery.
Hady
We will say some prayers for you dad. I have several friends that have had the surgery and ended up in better shape than when they went in. Stay strong.
Keep the faith. God bless. Prayers your way.
Hang in there, friend. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Thanks to all, your prayers and kind thoughts must be working. I just breathed my first sigh of relief and still havent herd back from the sis yet.
Modern day medicine is strong (expensive, but very good) OU, my dad had quad at age 74 and he looked like jack lalane after the surgery (wait he was better lookin than that). Will be thinkin about ya today and your Dad.
Thoughts and prayers with ya OU!
C
Our prayers are with you and your family.
Ross
Sending positive vibes and prayers.
Brad
Hang in there! Those docs know what they are doing and can perform great things. Prayers will be said asking for them to be able to use all the skill they have, and for comfort for your dad and for you and for your family. My wife's best friend's husband went in 2 days ago. He'll have a scar, but he'll eventually feel better than he has for years. So will your Dad! May God Bless!
I have a friend who had the same last year. I took him to the emergency room after forcing him into the car. He is in great shape now and feels better than in years.
The good news is they are correcting the problem before a catastrophe occurs where there is no correction.
Prayers are with you and yours.
Pachanga
Thoughts are with you & your family OU
We are all here for you OU. Be strong and vent all you want to us. We'll be here to listen and give support my friend.
Pat and Ann
I am praying for the expertise of the doctor and that your Dad will have a quick recovery. My dad came out from a triple bypass a couple years ago stronger than he had been in years. It was truly a blessing in disguise.
More thoughts and prayers coming your way for you and your Dad.
Thanks for the support every one.
I feel better now, I havent felt that crappy sense I was a paul bearer for my sons best friend a couple years ago, 16 is way to young to go.
Dad came out of surgery around 1:00 and in recovery. The Doc said he had to replace 3 arteries on the back and 4 on the front, Doc also said the old man has one hell of a strong heart.
Heck I didnt realize there was so many arteries on the heart.
My hat is off to the Doctors and there staff, 6 hr non stop, guess thats why they get paid the big bucks.
Going down tomarrow to see him. Huntin can wait.
Good to hear OU.
Thats great news OU812!
We'll keep praying!
Good news, wind at your back
Great news indeed. He'll have some recovery to do, but he'll be better than ever at the end.
Gift idea if you have a Staples store nearby... My dad had both hips replaced a couple years ago, and I got him one of these to take with him during Physical Therapy sessions. It definitely lightens the mood, and gives everyone a smile. My mom fell and shattered her shoulder just a couple weeks ago, so I got her one as well. Every time the doctor or nurses came in to check on her, they'd give it a pound. $5 well spent.
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Great news OU!
We'll keep on praying :)
Squirt,
That is just too good :D
Carolyn
My thought are also with you and your family.
Good news OU.
He's doing great. Just hold on.
KyNola
Good News indeed OU
I've got an easy button on my desk @ work.
I use it for the tough support calls.
:D :D
OU812,
You and your family are in my prayers also. Hang in there the best that you can.
Brad
Quote from: squirtthecat on November 06, 2009, 03:00:22 PM
I gave my last one to my mom...
I'll get to Staples Monday and get a few more. I'll pop one in the mail to OU812..
I could really use one. I didnt sleep worth a crap last night.
Tonight its going to be a bottle of Jack.
Thanks every one.
I tried to keep to my self but couldn't even concentrate on work then I thought I could unload here and you all treated me like family for which I'm thankfull.
Sending thoughts and prayers OU. Glad to hear that the surgery went well and wish your dad a speedy recovery.
I'm glad that things are looking good OU. Always remember you have "family and friends" here.
Don't know why, but when I read the outcome of the surgery, my eyes moistened...and I had a smile on my face. Must be dusty in here.........yeah, that's it.
Anyway, great to hear he came out of surgery okay, and that you're going to see him tomorrow.
Great news! Save the bottle of Jack for a tip with the old man when he feels up to it. Relax and settle in knowing how important it is to be alive and look forward to spending quality time with the loved ones. It only happens once so don't waste it.
Glad to hear things are going well.Do some more visiting. It means a lot.
Joe.
OU...I know how you are feeling...my husband had a quadruple bi-pass 13 years ago...I was a wreck...but your Dad is out of surgery and doing ok...it's hard...but...my hubby had a heart like an ox too!!! He's doin just fine...your Dad will be the same..it's more scary for the people who are waiting then the patient.
Your Dad will be In our Prayers
T & B
Great new OU I bet it was a very big and long sigh you took after you got the news.
Wishing your father a speedy recovery and you a safe trip and back
HR
Thanks for all the support and kind thoughts, everyone.
Went down sat. to see the old man. He was kinda in and out of it the 4 hr I was there. They just took him off the morphine drip and gave him a morphine pill when I got there and I could see the pain he was in, I could hardly hold back the tears and my throat was all choked up. They should have gave him the pill a little before they did as I could see the drip wore off before the pill kicked in. Man that was tough, just watching him suffer. All I could do is keep telling him that its going to get better and started talking about the kids, his grand kids, trying to keep talking even though he was biting the bullet.
The Doc says he can go home this Tue if the tubes in his chest stop draining the fluid and his blood pressure gets back up to norm. The Doc said the old man has one hell of a strong heart and was able to do the surgery with out putting him on a bypass machine, he said they held my dads heart in there hands the whole time they were working and it didn't miss a beat.
Sounds like its going to be three month's before dad will be able to do anything.
OU it is still great news and I can only imagine what you were going through. It is har to see loved ones suffer.
Three months may sound like a long time and it may just be enough for you to plan all the great smokes you are going to make and have your father over after he gets well and back on his feet.
Hady
OU,
I know it was tough but there is much to be thankful for. Sounds like he's recouping about as best he can. Really good is they didn't have to put him on the bypass machine. The two most critical times in that surgery are putting them on the bypass machine and then taking them off.
He's gonna be sore as hell for awhile but all in all sounds like he did really well. Take a deep breath. He's going to be fine.
KyNola
Well put KyNola! you found the words I was looking for.
We'll keep praying for both of you, and the family.
OU, just walked in the door and this was the first thing I looked for and happy for the
success for your father and the support you recieved from friends on the forum. Keep
us posted.
Don't worry about the tears and the lump in your throat...they only prove how much you love him. Nice to see you had a good visit with him, and that he'll be home soon.
He'll be fine OU...just remember to follow the doc's instructions...get him up and moving when they say it's appropriate. He's not gonna want to do it...but it's really important.
Hey OU just want you to know we're here for ya buddy. You can always unload on us. Glad to here your dad did well in the surgery. It will feel like this is the hardest part but the hardest part is really over. Be strong.
Called the old man today just before lunch and he seemed to be in better spirits, as he was giving my step mom crap on how little he will be able to do when he gets home. They were joking around about shoveling the drive and my dad said every time he would give her the shovel all she would do is lean on it wile he was snow blowing the rest of the drive then he would have to take the shovel she was leaning on and finish the rest.
They pulled 2 of the tubes from around his lungs, still has 2 smaller tubes in there. Doc said that he might be able to go home towarrow. His blood pressure is still way to low and there is still fluid draining from around his heart. He says he is still in allot of pain, he says its like trying to breath with an elephant sitting on his chest.
The Doc was telling dad were they got the arteries from and that's why his chest was herting so bad. Get this they got the arteries from between his ribs and not from his legs, so not only was he split down the sternum he was split in between the ribs also. I told him well at least you wont have to worry about getting cold feet in the winter. He tried to laugh but it started to hurt and all he could do is chuckle.
Lunch came in so I let him go, he said they brought in a roast beef sammie that the meat was about an inch thick with some veggies and some jello looking crap. I'm just like him not much of a sweet eater, mainly meat and tater kind of a guy.
Sounds like good news OU!
Keep us in the loop.
We'll keep praying.
Thats some good news OU! Getting home will probably do him a world of good....sounds like you better get him some better roast beef cooked up for a welcome home meal! Thoughts still with ya!
C
That Sounds Great OU!!! Good to hear he is in good spirits. Like somebody said "you just need an easy button now" to make things easier for you and him.
Glad to hear the good news OU, sounds like he is already on the road to recovery if he is crackin jokes and complaining. ;D ;D
Tell Him "GET WELL SOON".....from the BRADLEY FORUM.
So glad to hear good news OU!
Still in our prayers,
Carolyn
Awesome news OU!
OU sorry missed your post. but sounds like your dad is doing ok
you will be prayers.
scott june
Just a little heads up, the old man, Bruce, is doing a lot better now.
I sent him an easy button, (thanks guys, you know who you are) and it lifted his spirits greatly. My step mom, Sandy called me Fri the 13 th and thanked me for the button again and again. She couldnt believe how much that simple thing lifted him up out the slump he was in. I was glad to here he was feeling better and it freed up my mind as deer season opened the 14 th.
Dad was giving her crap about how much she was freaking out on every little mone or grunt of pain he would get when trying to get more comfortable. He would just hit the button, now he hits the button every time she tries to be the over bearing wife. He hit it a couple times when we were talking cause he was trying to reach his glass of water and she would say I will get it.
He wants to put the button on a string and hang it around his neck so he is ready when Sandy starts to tell him you cant do this or that.
It is still hard to sit up with out help but he is getting better every day. I'm going down to see him tomarrow and bring him some fresh salami and stuff.
Good to hear OU, sometimes it's the simple things in life that makes a difference.
Glad to hear your dad is improving. Thanks for the update.
So them damn things actually work huh. I need to get me one. Glad to hear your Dads doing better and in good spirits.
Thanks for the update OU and am Happy Dad is getiing to feel better.
Thanks for the Update!
OU,
Glad to hear he's doing well.
It is great news,
Carolyn
OU,
glad to hear he is doing better
Deb
Great news about your Dad!
Thanks for letting us know.
KyNola
Bruce is able to stand up and walk now, with a little help getting up, once up he gets around pretty good. He is wearing a girdle type thing around his chest to help keep things were they belong. His sense of humor is getting better every day and the easy button is on the table next to him. When he was up I had Taby snag a pict, which aint easy, just to show the old man and his good looking kid.
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Oldman on the left and good looking kid on the right. Correct??
Good to see your Dad up and around.
KyNola
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on November 30, 2009, 06:22:01 AM
Oldman on the left and good looking kid on the right. Correct??
;D ;D ;D
Am glad for you. Great picture.
Very happy for you and your dad OU
HR
OU,
Great pic!
So glad to see your dad up and about :)
Carolyn
He looks stellar...so glad for your family...it's a tough time for everybody...stiff upper lip man... ; :)
Just a little up date.
The old man is in PT and doing good, they have him walking on the tread mill with a million wires and some breathing things hooked up to him and doing some exercises to strengthen his chest muscles. He still cant open a bag of chips, which drives him crazy and has a hard time sitting up from when he is in bed but getting better every day.
Now the Doc wants him to loose 30 lbs. Ha, you should here him bitch about that one. "I havent been under 200 lbs for 35 G** D** years and there aint no G** D** way I'm going to loose 30 G** D** lbs what do they want me to do starve" Its kinda funny to here him cuss, just the way he says it.
Quote from: OU812 on December 11, 2009, 08:46:33 AM
... He still cant open a bag of chips, which drives him crazy
Get him some scissors.
... and has a hard time sitting up from when he is in bed ...
Get him a 25 year old nurse to help out ;D
I'm really glad to hear he's recovering well. We're all with ya.
Hell I'd like to have a 25year old nurse to help me out in bed. ;D ::) :o
Heck, I'd settle for letting her tie my shoes!
Quote from: OU812 on December 11, 2009, 09:07:53 AM
Hell I'd like to have a 25year old nurse to help me out in bed. ;D ::) :o
But, then, why would you want to get out of bed ??? :D ;D
Quote from: ArnieM on December 11, 2009, 09:13:09 AM
Quote from: OU812 on December 11, 2009, 09:07:53 AM
Hell I'd like to have a 25year old nurse to help me out in bed. ;D ::) :o
But, then, why would you want to get out of bed ??? :D ;D
So she could help me out in the shower. ;D
My father had 5 bypasses and appeared despondent after he went home. He started the physical rehab and there was a HUGE change in him, both physically and mentally. Glad to hear your Dad is responding well.
Keep the faith.
KyNola
If I had a twenty five year old nurse tying my shoes I wouldn't be able to get out of bed. The covers would have to hide certain indiscretions. :-[ :-[ :-[
Would that be like one of those pop up tents? :o
Quote from: KevinG on December 11, 2009, 10:02:02 AM
Would that be like one of those pop up tents? :o
Likely, yes. But the Cub Scout size. ;D ;D ;D
Oh so you now about the family curse, :-[ who told you Arnie? >:(
I totally forgot to tell everyone
The old man had a small amount of fluid in his lungs and was on oxygen for a wile, bitching about the Doc and how many medications he was on. But was up and getting around better than last time I was there. That was just before Christmas.
We went to see him new years day and he was back to his ornery self, the fluid was gone and he was off the oxygen. He has moved up to the big boy weight machines and working on some ecliptic's. He is really moving along good he wants to do things the Doc and trainers wont let him do, you should here him bitch about that. I couldnt help my self when he said that there are mostly women at PT, I said you were just trying to show off with trying to push your self farther than the trainers would let you. He said well wouldnt you? I said ya but I wasn't gutted like a deer. He got a good laugh out of that one.
Talked to him just the other day and it sounds like he is really liking PT as he is feelin better every day and aint short of breath any more. He is moving up on the weights and reps and the time doing ecliptic's, he said he will be as big as Arnold by the end of this. I said you go stud muffin. He liked that one.
Sounds like he is well on his way to a full recovery.
Thanks for the support everyone.
Curt
Good to hear that OU. Glad he is give them a hard time, that's how you know he's doing fine.
Curt,
That's great news. Is he still taking his easy button to PT or does it just sit next to his chair?
Glad to hear Daddy the "Stud Muffin" is doing so good!
Am happy for Him and you!
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on January 22, 2010, 12:09:49 PM
Curt,
That's great news. Is he still taking his easy button to PT or does it just sit next to his chair?
Its mainly next to his lazyboy, he says he needs it at home more than PT
Sandy wont let him do anything, so he lets her do it and when shes done and sits down he hits the button. The other day he was going to go to PT and looked out the window and seen a little snow on the drive then looked to Sandy and before he could say anything she had her coat on and out the door. When she came back in the house he hit the button.
To funny.
Ornery old fart.
That's good to hear. You know he's doing good if he's trying to impress em!
Quote from: classicrockgriller on January 22, 2010, 12:13:08 PM
Glad to hear Daddy the "Stud Muffin" is doing so good!
Am happy for Him and you!
The old stud muffin is loosing weight too, cant hardly see the beer belly anymore.
Oh ya he is wearing tennis shoes now. Cant remember the last time he wasnt wearing cowboy boots. Tennis shoes on him just dont look right.
Quote from: KevinG on January 22, 2010, 12:24:14 PM
That's good to hear. You know he's doing good if he's trying to impress em!
Yes it is!
Great to hear the progress, OU. I totally understand the tennis shoes vs. Boots thing. Dad and his brothers were the same way, just didn't look right wearing the tennis shoes.
That is great news. I know you're relieved.
KyNola
Great to hear that his health is getting better, and his progress in PT is moving right along.
Quote from: KyNola on January 22, 2010, 01:15:36 PM
That is great news. I know you're relieved.
KyNola
Yes I am
Great new OU!
That's great news OU.
He will be out running you soon the way it sounds!
Love to hear the good news OU. Keep us posted. :)