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my heart goes out
so my uncle went in for a stent or some such circulation upgrade a month ago and came out with a double bypass and nearly a week missing from his life. they even had to leave his chest open for a few days — who knew they did such things? — and so they put him in a coma for awhile. he’s doing well now but it’s going to be a long road of rehab.
then this last weekend his wife of fifty years, my aunt, had a heart attack and they also decided she needed a double bypass. i hear that went well.
but now both of them are recovering from open heart surgery at the same time!
please include them in your prayers or well wishes or tonglen practice. they could use the good thoughts right now.
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15. August 2008 at 12:16 am :
Will do. I wish I knew tonight when I was practicing. Bypasses are so different than they used to be (although I’ve never heard of the chest open for a few days…why did they have to do that?) Mostly now they are pretty easy to recover from and make people feel Much better. It’s a shame that they can’t take care of each other right now but if they are in a good rehab facility then they can just sit back and let other people take care of them for a while. Hopefully they can be near one another. Is this your Mom or your Dad’s side? In Boston or the midwest?