5/13/10 - Update

Today I left work a little bit early to go visit my Grandpa. I finally got a chance to talk to my dad this afternoon and get an update on everything from him. It sounds like my Grandma is doing much better, which is good. My aunts and step mom have been switching off staying with her, and it sounds like she's been much more calm about everything the past few nights. It sounds like as long as she keeps her schedule she can handle it.

My Grandpa has been in very good spirits, but we did get some pretty scary news today. They finally did an Angiogram and met with the cardiologist to discuss everything. It looks like he will be going in for open heart surgery to replace two valves and do a bypass. It's very scary, but they are very optimistic about everything. They cannot do the surgery until Tuesday because they have to let his blood thinner work it's way out of his system first. So, Tuesday morning he'll be heading into surgery, then spend some time in the ICU afterwards, then he'll be staying for 5-6 days following the surgery to recover. They are going to check him out a few days after the surgery and if it doesn't look like he's recovering as anticipated, they are going to install a pacemaker.

In the meantime, the hospital has hospice type apartments that they are trying to get my Grandma set up in. That way she can be closer to Grandpa, and have somebody to help her out and watch over her.

It was a lot to take in. I left work a little early, picked up Olivia, and brought her for a visit. She was her usually goofy self and definitely put a few smiles on Grandma and Grandpa's faces. Grandpa was very upbeat and seemed ready to go with the surgery. His attitude and spirit toward the whole thing really make me feel better...that's such a huge part of recovery and I think that's only going to help.

Taking pictures wasn't really on my mind today, so I'll do a little flashback tonight! I don't know why, but this picture really cracks me up, so I thought it was fitting!