Meant to share - update on my Dad
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Meant to share - update on my Dad
| Wed, 07-21-2004 - 8:43am |
This is following up on my Dad's "silent" heart attack that he apparently had in the last year. He had in depth stress tests at the end of June (including running the dye through his system) and the docs concluded that he had blockages: one artery 90% blocked, another 100%. On Friday, July 9th, he went in for catheterization (however you spell it). They were able to clear the 90% blockage and put a stent in. The 100% blockage remained blocked... but the fully functioning artery had found a path through a lesser blood vessel to bypass it, and it handles enough blood to where the doctors aren't worried about it at all. A naturally formed bypass - is that not the hand of God?! The procedure he had done was non-invasive, and no surgery needed. Docs have given him the okay to go to Bolivia this year and the Himilayas next year as he's planned.

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OK - so is he going to jog thru the Himalayas, or just take a leisurely stroll? Has he been cleared to resume running or have the docs advised him to do something less strenuous?
Good news, Linda! Thanks for the update...
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Linda,
Happy to hear the good news about your Dad.
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