YESTERDAY

YESTERDAY

All my troubles seemed so far away...

5:45 "Get up Pat!" "What time is it?" "I have chest pains. I have to go to the hospital." "Take an aspirin." "I did. Should we call the life squad?" "I'll get you there."

6:45 "How would you describe your pain between one and ten, now?" "Two" "The nitro made your pain go away." "Your EKG looks abnormal. You may have had a heart attack. We've called in a heart specialist."

7:45 "This is just to relax you. We're making the insertion in your femoral artery. You may feel a slight warming sensation in your heart when the dye is injected. This is normal. Why are your crying?" "I don't know. Stop being so nice to me." "Hello, I'm Doctor Choo. How are you doing?" "This table is cold." "Well, you have a severe blockage in a cardiac artery. We will fix that with balloon angioplasty and maintain it with a medicated stent. You have some other possible blockages but we wont address those until later. You will be fine."

8:30 "We're taking her to the surgical intensive care unit. She'll be there a day or two."

8:45 "I have to pee."

9:00 "My hair is a mess."

9:30 "I can't lay flat on my back like this."

10:00 "I can't believe this is mom laying here and not dad." "Thanks, Shell."

10:30 "Next year, we'll have Thanksgiving dinner." "Jeff, you understand me."

11:00 "Happy anniversary Amy."

12:00 "I have to pee"

2:00 "How would you describe your pain between one and ten?" "Zero for my chest and ten for my back." "You have to lay flat until 6 o'clock."

4:00 "My back is killing me."

6:00 "Salisbury steak, baked potato, cauliflower and carrots, salad, cold coffee and a chocolate chip cookie." "How was it?" "Could I have another chocolate chip cookie?"

6:30 "I have to pee."

7:00 "Ed, thanks for the book. I think I'll be back at work on Wednesday or Thursday."

8:00 "Goodnight, Andy" "XOX"