[CS-FSLUG] Prayer Request for Dad

[Fred A. Miller]

On Sat December 18 2004 1:13 am, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> Some of you may remember from last summer that my father underwent
> quadruple bypass surgery. This week he has been experiencing numbness
> in his left arm and tightness in his chest... he is scheduled for an
> angiogram on Tuesday. Best case scenario is that it finds nothing,
> although given the present symptoms, that seems unlikely. Second best
> is that any blockages can be taken care of with an angioplasty while
> they are already "in there."

Yes......or a shunt (if I have the name correctly).

> What's worrisome is that while they successfully did that nineteen
> years ago on my father, they had tried last summer only to decide
> bypass surgery was necessary. Worst case is that they would do another
> bypass -- the second of (as I understand it) two possible such
> surgeries during one's life. Not even considering the risk at hand
> during surgery, this would be bad also because such surgeries usually
> only last a maximum of a decade and a half or so, meaning that Dad
> would be in trouble down the road when he should be "due" for a second
> surgery.
>
> If you can keep him in your prayers, that would be great.

Done!

Fred

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