Dad

My family has had a very traumatic few days. On Tuesday (my birthday) my Dad went to the hospital for a stress test. He had felt some pains in his chest earlier in the month and thought it would be a good idea to have it checked out. Well, he didn't do so well with the stress test so they did a few more tests and told him that he wasn't going home. Yesterday my Dad had 6 blockages fixed through bypass surgery. How he made it so long with so many blockages is a miracle. Even the doctor was surprised that he hadn't had a heart attack sooner. My whole family is in shock. It's strange and obviously very frightening to have a parent have surgery of this gravity at such a seemingly young age. It's made me think of changes I can make now to prevent this from happening to me. My Dad is fine and out of surgery now and I'm just so grateful that everything went well and that it was caught in time. I love my Dad too much and I'm definitely not ready for anything more serious to happen to him. He's going to have a rough couple of weeks ahead of him but I'm just so happy that he is alright and still with us.