Tue Jun 18 13:23 EDT 1996
Update on my mother...

Note: Mom is home now.

I spoke with Mom this morning and she said that she was going out to
play basketball today.  The doctor said she could, so maybe she got
a blood transfusion from Michael Jordan.  Mom said she was "up and
dressed" but has a truck load of pills to take.  The truck load may
diminish over time to a car load of pills.  I told her that she should
grind them all up and put them in something to drink like Metamucil,
or *with* Metamucil!

I know many of you supported my mother in prayer and we are grateful
for your prayers.  We Christians may not "grieve as others who have no
hope" but we do grieve and we were not ready to grieve, and thank
the Lord for His kindness.

My mother will be the age her father was when he died of a heart
attack next week (or this week).  My mother's mom died after open
heart surgery because a dislodged blood clot made it to her brain.
You can guess what was going through all of our minds with this episode.

The doctors feel that we averted a heart attack in progress, catching
it early enough that little to no damage was done to her heart.  In
fact, the diagnosis was acute angina at first until the blood work
showed the enzymes indicative of (a very tiny) heart attack.

The angioplasty was done on one artery which had a 60% blockage.
The doctors said that the other three arteries seemed fine.
For those of you who don't know, angioplasty involves small
incisions near the groin into which the equipment travels
to the heart via a major leg artery.  When they get to the affected
area, they basically inflate a balloon to reopen the blocked artery.
Recovery time is very quick because the chest cavity never has
to be opened.  I am also told that the patient can feel an immediate
change in their energy once the arteries are unblocked.  (Hence the
basketball stuff in the first paragraph.)  If any of you medical
people on my list need to correct this layman's view, feel free.
as long as everyone gets out okay.

We're hoping that mom can come and visit us this weekend.

Mark
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