The good news is that we're on track for having the house put together in time for the visitors arrival on Wednesday. The bad news is we'll have two less visitors at least. Apparently my dad had been having chest pain for a few months, and my mom and dad finally decided to go to the ER at 3:30am yesterday. Diagnosis: one completely blocked coronary artery, two with calcium deposits, no blockage in the neck arteries, and the ultrasound on the heart indicates the valves are good. Tomorrow morning he's going in for open chest bypass surgery, and will probably be in the hospital for another 5 days after that at least. He was chatty today (the older I get, the more I believe in modern pharmaceuticals), and insisted that Heather and David still make the trip out here to visit with us. We'll make the final determination late tomorrow night, but it should be okay provided the surgery goes as planned.
I feel like I should be more worried, but I'm really just thankful that they caught this before he had a major heart attack. The doctors sound well trained and seemed to interact well with my mom (which is a biggie). I'll see how things go before changing my travel plans in June to go to NH instead of Philly with Richard for NANOG.
*Sigh* My wish for this year is that everyone is okay and everyone gets better.
I would probably feel relieved that they caught this in time, too. Hopefully after the surgery, he'll be right as rain! Bypasses, unfortunately, seem so common these days...I'm sure your dad's in great hands!