{"id":21548,"date":"2016-04-11T21:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T04:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=21548"},"modified":"2016-04-22T02:20:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T09:20:41","slug":"yes-i-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=21548","title":{"rendered":"Yes I Did! And Survived!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"2:45<\/a>

2:45 Monday Afternoon Paul got the “Big One”<\/p><\/div>\n

There Paul was, at Sue’s hand therapy appointment and voila, the big one.\u00a0 Paul had been having symptoms for a few weeks but thought it was just indigestion!\u00a0 It were not.\u00a0 The next week and a half was a blur but finally Paul landed back home.\u00a0 Sue had the same thing happen June 8th 2011!<\/p>\n

Day by day…\u00a0 Let’s see…<\/p>\n

April 11 Morning<\/strong> – Stayed around the house and worked on bird cage to birdies around our blueberries. \u00a0 We\u00a0 went to Sue’s hand therapy at 2:45 and then we were going to Malarkeys, a typical Monday.\u00a0 He got sick to the stomach, had a pain in neck and teeth, both arms were very weak, he got got sweaty, was finally was frightened.\u00a0 He told Sue at checkout “Let’s hurry”… Did not let on.\u00a0 Paul drove drove out onto Katella and directly to Emergency Room\u00a0 which was about a mile away.<\/p>\n

Sue knew is was serious as Paul did not open the car door for her but headed directly inside.<\/p>\n

Paul told them of a “cardiac event”.\u00a0 Was was send to triage immediately.\u00a0\u00a0 We went inside ER and waited for a while.\u00a0 Finally go a room and saw doctor. Told would have to get angiogram ASAP.<\/p>\n

April 12th (Tuesday)<\/strong> – Finally got fit in the angiogram schedule.\u00a0 The doctor said it was probably just a stent needed. Greg and Irene was with us.\u00a0 The news was deafening.\u00a0 The angiogram<\/span> was at noon. An angiogram<\/span> is an X-ray test that uses a special dye and camera (fluoroscopy) to take pictures of the blood flow in an artery (such as the aorta) or a vein (such as the vena cava). An angiogram can be used to look at the arteries or veins in the head, arms, legs, chest, back, or belly.\u00a0 Results said no stents…\u00a0Full on blockage of three coronary veins!<\/p>\n

Paul was transferred at 9:00 to Long Beach Memorial CCU\u00a0 in an ambulance. Results confirmed, emergency bypass at noon on 13th!\u00a0 They did not want to wait another minute because of the blockages. Our son Joe came over to wish us well<\/p>\n

April 13th (Wednesday)<\/strong> – In Long Beach Memorial!<\/p>\n

We got scheduled at 1:00 in the afternoon and out by 6:30.<\/p>\n

Right before going into the or Paul visited Joe, Greg, Robin and Irene.\u00a0 The last wave was scary. Do not remember anything except Sue’s last words… “I love you”.\u00a0\u00a0 After being transferred to the operating table, I was awake about 45 seconds before lights out.<\/p>\n

With Robin, Irene, and Greg close by I was assured she would be OK which Paul was out of commission!<\/p>\n

Soon Paul was in recovery and visited and sent everybody home… Nothing to do until he wakes up in the morning.<\/p>\n

Look here if you want to see how it is done<\/a><\/strong>…. Not for the faint of squeamish!<\/p>\n

By 8:00 PM I was out and awake and talked to the doctor.<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a>

Paul still had the song in his heart<\/p><\/div>\n

April 14th (Thursday)<\/strong> – Just a load of TLC.\u00a0 We told the kids as there was nothing they could have done so it was good that Jeanette, Michele, and Colleen stay home.\u00a0 Our oldest, Robin, goes right by the hospital every morning as she knows the most about us and was happy to stay with Sue during the evening. The Finch’s stopped but but did not come up.<\/p>\n

We missed the Phoenix Club but phoned Jan and they made an announcement<\/p>\n

April 15th (Friday)\u00a0<\/strong> – Loads of TLC… We missed Toppers but Ed Roberts took loads of photos for us! Paul got his little heart.\u00a0 It serves a serious purpose.\u00a0 If one has to cough, holding the pillon hard to ones heart it releases the pain from the broken sternum bone.<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a>

Paul has a new heart!<\/p><\/div>\n

April 16th (Saturday)<\/strong> – We were felling pretty good about going home then we got a heart arrhythmia<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"Arrhythmia...<\/a>

Arrhythmia… Don’t ask me?!<\/p><\/div>\n

We missed Garden Grove dancing… Getting to be a habit!\u00a0 We also missed the Laguna Canyon Winery Blending Party.<\/p>\n

April 17th (Sunday)<\/strong> – Joe and Amy visited. Amy landed Paul her iPad to watch movies, great!\u00a0 Sunday was just a day to relax.<\/p>\n

April 18th (Monday)<\/strong> -Paul was transferred to the Telemetry Unit… It is an area were patients are “wired up” to a central console so the technicians can monitor all action?\u00a0 Off and walking!<\/p>\n

April 19th (Tuesday)<\/strong> -Paul was still in\u00a0 the Telemetry Unit… Off and walking and teasing the nurses!!<\/p>\n

April 20th (Wednesday)<\/strong> – Time to go home but it took all day!\u00a0 We finally got out of there about 7:00.\u00a0 Irene brought Paul some XXL zip up sweats, they fit!\u00a0 We got home about 8:30 as the sun had set and the full moon was out.<\/p>\n

\"Home<\/a>

Home at last!!\u00a0 It is good to be!<\/p><\/div>\n

It is great to be home!<\/p>\n

\"Identical<\/a>

Identical (repaired) hearts<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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