What a rough day.

My Mom called me this morning to let me know that she was bringing my Dad into the Emergency Room. She told me last night that he had been having some problems over the past few days where he would be walking and then feel weak, dizzy and start sweating and have chest pain. However, he is a very stubborn man and kept saying nothing was wrong. Finally this morning my mom convinced him to let her drive him into the ER. They got there and they of course took him right in once he said chest pain and within 30 minutes had an IV going and EKG done. They then said that it looked like he did have a heart attack and they were going to do Catheterization to see what was going on, what happened and where to go from there. They brought him to the Cath Lab around 2 to start the test. This is the point that I went to Waterbury to get my sister from work (she did not know he was there yet) and we arrived at the hospital as they were finishing the test (Thanks to Tom, Sue, Linds and everybody for helping with the kids!). The Doctor came out and let us know the results. They weren't too good.
When they did the Catheterization they found that all three arteries going into the heart had blockage. One was 90%, one was 80% and one was 60% blocked. They put two stints in the really blocked arteries and will try to use medication to help with the other blockage. It was not a small heart attack like they originally thought. His heart has suffered 15% permanent damage and he is going to have to do Cardiac Rehab. The only reason they did not do Bypass surgery was because you can only do it once and he is still young (53) so if they do it now and things don't improve he can't have it done again. Whereas if they do the stints combined with meds and life changes they may be able to control it for a little while longer and they could always go back and do bypass if nothing changes or gets better.
Once he was up in his room he seemed to be doing okay. I think this might be the wake up call he (and maybe some others) needed to change things and make healthier choices for himself. It has been a tough few years and this just added to it! He will stay in the hospital until Sunday Morning at least. They want to make sure everything is going okay and they started him on 4 new medications so they want to see how he does on those before they let him go home. He of course was ready to leave there as soon as he left the Cath Lab.
I am now just waiting for my hubby to get home from work so I can hug him and tell him how much I love him and appreciate him. Then off to bed and here's hoping tomorrow's nice weather brings a better day.

A little something.

So I am stealing this from a friend's blog (Thanks Jen!) because I thought it looked like fun to play along!

Something I want:

A new bathroom! I would love to have a Jacuzzi tub and an amazing showerhead that you can just stand under and it melts away the stress of the day!

Something I need:

A Haircut! My hair has not been cut in almost two years. Sad to say and it really needs to be healthy again. I am almost not feeling the least bit feminine with my Groucho Marx eyebrows and my long scraggly hair.

Something I am looking forward to:

gsome alone time with my hubby. We have not had a date night in a while and it is affecting our moods with each other. Sometimes I feel like we are just living two seperate lives under one roof. I barely even see him between Wednesday afternoon and Sunday night!

Something I am doing tomorrow:

Going to ceramics. It has been difficult to do with my hands being so sore, but just to get out of the house is really nice!

Something I am doing next week:

Maddi's second birthday party! It is on Sunday-technically next week right? The kids are looking forward to seeing her and telling her Happy Birthday and I cannot believe that Maddi has grown up so quickly it seems, that means Riley is not far behind!!

Something I am doing next month:

Getting ready for back to school. I can't believe it is that time of year already. Aiden has been asking me everyday, really I am NOT joking, when school starts again. So we will be doing back to school shopping and re-shifting our schedules back to that of the school year to prepare him (and me) for the change in our routine.

Something I wish I could do:

Carpentry. Sounds odd, but I would love to be able to build my own stuff when and where I wanted it. Creating something is the greatest form of satisfaction and I would love to be able to do it on my own!

Lake Monsters!

I was lucky enough to win Lake Monsters tickets from MP103 on Facebook and we decided to go and see them play. We were wondering how the day would go because Riley had his surgery Yesterday morning for his tubes and to have his Adenoids taken out. The surgery went well and Riley recovered very well. He took a 3.5 hour nap (we ALL did) and was back to being a crazy little boy by dinnertime so we all got in the van and went to the cafe and had pizza. Our friend Gabe went to the game with us and it was a lot of fun! I had never been to a game here and this would be the kids first time going as well. It was a beautiful summer night, finally one WITHOUT rain! We got to see Champ come out and do his dancing antics and the game was really great, lots of action! Here are some pictures of the fun!

Our little visitor

This was our little Turkey friend that decided to visit yesterday! It kind of wandered around for a while and then decided to cross the road.

Riley's new.....bed?

While we were at Heather's party Riley discovered the cat bed. Who knew it was so comfortable. He laid in it for about 30 minutes and then kept going back and laying in it throughout the day.

And of course Aiden and Calleigh caught on and decided they were going to do it too!

Heather's 30th B-Day BBQ

Our friend Heather turned 30 on Friday and her and her family held a BBQ on Saturday for her. We haven't seen them in a while so it was really nice to get out and see their family and just have a good time. The kids got to play on a slip and slide and that filled in a bulk of the time, they played on it for quite a while!

Fourth of July pictures

Not too many of these, but we did get a couple of pictures of the kids playing while we were waiting for the parade.