Just got off the phone with Mom--she spoke with Y (the girlfriend whose name I didn't know until just now) who said that they're waiting on blood tests now. He's off the oxygen and his color is much better. He should be getting moved into a private room tomorrow (I can call him then), and if everything stays on track, they'll be flying back next Monday. She's able to stay with him for the week, so apparently she has someone able to stay with her kids until then (she's a teacher, and school doesn't start until after Labor Day).

They went to Epcot on Saturday and he had no problems, but after his Sunday morning jog, he told her he was having some heaviness in his chest. A few hours later, he told her he was feeling something in his arms, and she immediately packed him up and took him to the hospital. Thanks God for Y! He had 100% blockage in the artery that's known in the medical field as "The Widowmaker."

Wow. Glad things weren't worse....

Wow, that's great.

Go Y!!!!

My father and two of his 5 brothers have had bypasses due to that very same artery. Their Mother's brother and father both died in their fiftes from it.

It was my father's heart attack that had the others get tested, actually, so they were able to avoid that particular trauma.

Edit: I left out the part where they've recovered beautifully. Which is why I brought it up. It's amazing that what was a death sentence a generation earier is so different now.

BARB! Clearly, someone up here needs to hire your husband, ASAP, because I found you a house!

And yes, someone needs to hire him. He asked me this morning, "How do you feel about Boston?" Which has turned up as another possibility. And which I'm definitely good with, as it fits my coastal, not southern, has lots of educational alternatives, far away from family criteria. Both would be wonderful, but I think I'm leaning more PNW.

If only someone would hire him!

Kathy - my thoughts are with you and your family. I'm glad Y was alert and got him the care he needed.

In mememe news, the power in my building just went out. Of course, my laptop battery is fully charged, and I sit close enough to windows to have enough light to work. But dang, I wanna bail.

Hee! That's amazing and OMG the VIEW! except a little short on space for us. (she admits shamefacedly). I saw this one yesterday and thought it looked both cool and had nifty history.

I used to drive by that house EVERY DAY! It's very pretty.

I left out the part where they've recovered beautifully. Which is why I brought it up. It's amazing that what was a death sentence a generation earier is so different now.

Seriously. As you know, Bob, my dad has had 5 heart attacks, and at 67, he's happily working part-time in the grocery store's meat department and then in his free time he does yardwork for a lady friend of his. (Not romantic lady friend, just a friend who's a lady.) Plus he is an usher at his church and has been nominated to be on the church board.

It's so amazing that cardiac patients can do so well, with good treatment.

All of which is to say, Kathy, I'm so glad to hear your brother had a good prognosis!

OMG, Plei, I just found another site with more pictures of that house-- it's GORGEOUS. The floors alone have me drooling with mad lust.

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And another link of photos. I think I'm in love.

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My wife and I talked about moving again recently, just in town. I think we're about three years out, though. She'd like to move to have a bigger place. Our current house isn't very big, but mortgage is half-way paid off.

It's so amazing that cardiac patients can do so well, with good treatment.

I'm a cardiac patient, but a different kind.