I know that some of you have met my dad on the rides we went on and some of you haven't. My dad has had heart trouble for awhile now; he's been a fighter and been holding on every inch of the battle for the last 7 years. He was told by the doctors in N.O. area that there was nothing left for them to do . They said he would need a heart transplant. Well good ol' Frenchie being as hardheaded as he is said, "I don't believe you."
So last week he made an appointment with some of the best of the best doctors at the Cleveland Heart clinic. Guys the day my father left I thought that i was never going to see him again, he was white as a ghost and was freezing cold to the touch and couldn't walk 10 steps without looking like he just ran a marathon, literally. When they got up there and settled into the hotel that is connected to the hospital, the fire alarm went off and he had to run down 3 flights of stairs. When they got downstairs he collapsed and said that his chest was hurting and he was out of breath. The called the paramedics and they didn't even stop n the hallway they ran with him on the stretcher and drove him off within a few seconds my mom said. They had to shock him back into rhythm and he was holding steady and has been for a week now. He news came the other day that they surgery he is having is now open heart which is not what they originally told us.
I am in the airport as we speak writing this to you guys because I know he is going to make it through this surgery but to have more than just my family having a chat with "THE BIG MAN UPSTAIRS" might help out a little bit more,
. I will definitely keep you guys posted on what happens with us and him!!!!! P.S.
When something like this hits you; it makes you think of all the things in life that we take for granted and all the things that we think are not so important.......... That much more important and worth taking the time to do instead of acting like it don't exist.
JP
