I have been meaning to do this post for a while and thought I didn't have a picture of my dad, but realized I did. The last couple of months have been a scary one for my family. We have never had any issues with sickness or anything so it was a wake up call for us on how precious life really is. I will start from the beginning on me and my dad's birthday (both October 7th) my dad took me to lunch, and if any of you know my family we are kind of clumsy. We went to the garden on top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. My dad went and parked the car and was running back when he tripped and fell and hit his head. He jumped up and didn't think anything of it. Then a couple of days later he started to slure his words and was feeling weird. So two days after that they went to the hospital to get checked. They did tons and tons of test and found out that my dad had, had a mini stroke. In fact it was his 5th one, but they think the fall may had made it worse. So he went to a specialist to get his heart checked to see if that was what was causing it, and they found a little hole in his heart. So they set up a surgery to fix the whole and see if that was the problem. My dad is the always on the go type nothing slows him down, but I think he realized that this is serious and needs to just take things easy. We were all very nervous about the surgery, but Zach, my brother-in-law James, and my dad's home teachers were able to give him a couple of priesthood blessings right before the surgery. My dad went into surgery with all of his daughters, grandkids, and my mom waiting. It took a little longer then they said so we were all nervous about what was going on. They brought him back out, and the doctor told us that the hole was gone. They went in 3 times to look for the hole, but it was completely gone. It was truly a miracle. Now he is on a bunch of medication and doing better.
I just wanted to let my dad know how grateful I am for him. He is the best dad and Grandpa in the world. Ella just adores him. He does so much for me and my family I just can't thank him enough. I love him so much and can't imagine what I would do without my dad. Thanks for everything dad, I love you!
3 comments:
WOW! I had no idea it was that serious! I am sure things could have gotten worse, but I think you are all smart to stick with him through the small stuff! I love your dad too, and your entire family for that matter, and I will keep you all in my prayers. But I am glad that he is doing better. Tell him hi, and take a load off every once in a while!
Ok just one comment, you are so beautiful Lauren! I want to see the rest of your wedding pics, maybe that could be part of our mommy day out. But it should include hot chocolate.
I didn't know about this! I am glad everything is going better. That is scary situation.
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