Just a little FYI:
In addition to its importance in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is significant to all Americans
because it marks the last time that any foreign power has acted the aggressor on North American soil. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in 2004 that 24 million U.S. residents were of Mexican descent, accounting for nearly 10 percent of America’s population. One of the most interesting Cinco de Mayo celebrations takes place in Chandler, Ariz. Chandler holds annual Chihuahua races and parades. At the end of the day the two most stylish dogs are crowned king and queen of the celebration.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
Friday the 13th
The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia. More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor. Many airports skip the 13th gate. Airplanes have no 13th aisle. Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13. Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue. Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.
Monday, April 02, 2007
April Fools
The commonly accepted origin of April Fool's Day involves changes in the calendar. At one time, the New Year celebration began on March 25 and ended on April 1. However, in 1582,
King Charles IX adopted the Gregorian calendar and accepted the beginning of the new year as January 1. Those who refused to acknowledge the new date or simply forgot received foolish gifts and invitations to nonexistent parties. The butt of such a prank was known as a "poisson d'avril" or "April fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered. In Scotland, for example, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily Day. The origin of the "kick me" sign can be traced to this observance.
King Charles IX adopted the Gregorian calendar and accepted the beginning of the new year as January 1. Those who refused to acknowledge the new date or simply forgot received foolish gifts and invitations to nonexistent parties. The butt of such a prank was known as a "poisson d'avril" or "April fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered. In Scotland, for example, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily Day. The origin of the "kick me" sign can be traced to this observance.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Great News! :)
Well Holly and I have great news...............................Ha! You might be thinking that we are pregnant............................So are we?.................................No! he he he. We passed our EMT-I class at the DATC. We did 2 practical exams and 1 written exam. The 2 practical's were: one adult cardiac arrest and one pediatric major illness. Well we passed and now are able to go take the State Exam and hopefully pass there. We will be sure to let you guys know.
Hope and Jo moved in with us. It is fun and different at the same time. Were not used to having 2 other people living with us and a dog. It has been a real blessing for us having them here though. They have both helped out a ton. Hope has decided to go back to school and get her Phlebotomy certification. Jo is working on getting his GED and then become a Police Officer.
Hope and Jo moved in with us. It is fun and different at the same time. Were not used to having 2 other people living with us and a dog. It has been a real blessing for us having them here though. They have both helped out a ton. Hope has decided to go back to school and get her Phlebotomy certification. Jo is working on getting his GED and then become a Police Officer.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Snowmobiling
Well I took Holly snowmobiling for her first time. It was a lot of fun and we will do it again. We went to Monte Cristo. I was really surprised at how there was not a lot of snow up there. We were going to go to Hardware Ranch but I did not think that there was enough snow to go off the trail and play. Even on top of Monte there was barely enough to get off and play. Here are some pics:
Here's Holly:
A view from on top of Monte:
Here is me:
Here is a nice picture from the parking lot:
Well that was our little trip. Holly is finally done with working at Bath and Body Works. :) We are so excited. It is nice to be able to see each other more. I finished the office, I patched a lot of holes, painted it, and finally got the room set up and boxes gone through. I know after living here for 4 months you would expect almost every room done. Well that would be nice. I am sure that from a year from now I will have a box from the move that I have not gone through. Well I am tired and am going to bed now. Good night never never land.
Here's Holly:
A view from on top of Monte:
Here is me:
Here is a nice picture from the parking lot:
Well that was our little trip. Holly is finally done with working at Bath and Body Works. :) We are so excited. It is nice to be able to see each other more. I finished the office, I patched a lot of holes, painted it, and finally got the room set up and boxes gone through. I know after living here for 4 months you would expect almost every room done. Well that would be nice. I am sure that from a year from now I will have a box from the move that I have not gone through. Well I am tired and am going to bed now. Good night never never land.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Back
Well this last week has been pretty tuff for us. Holly has been doing her externship with Lakeview Hospital in Phlebotomy. She really enjoyed doing it and hopes to get a job as one. She worked from 4am-1pm. It sucked. And then when she would get home she would have to work one of her other jobs. So on some days she worked from 4am to 10 pm.
Holly and I are going to school this semester. We are taking the EMT-I class together at the DATC. Holly is also taking a couple of class' online that I cannot remember. I will try and update some more more often and put some pics up too. We finally got the internet at homes so I can update more.
Holly and I are going to school this semester. We are taking the EMT-I class together at the DATC. Holly is also taking a couple of class' online that I cannot remember. I will try and update some more more often and put some pics up too. We finally got the internet at homes so I can update more.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Dentist
Holly and I went to the Dentist today and do not have any cavities! We are so excited! Plus having clean teeth feels sooooo good. I like clean teeth.
Friday, October 27, 2006
My Argumentative Essay
Here is my essay that I wrote in English:
English 960
Kids Are Getting Lazy
Children are getting lazier every day. You don't see kids outside playing any more. Children are not running around the neighborhood, playing basketball, or riding their bikes. They are driving their motorized scooters, or "Segways". Many times they won’t even go to their friend’s house without getting into their parents nice air conditioned car, or truck, with that nice climate control to make it more comfortable for them. I have a friend who will drive across the street to go to the gym. It would take less time to just walk across the street, than it would take to get into a car, drive across the street, find a parking stall, get out the car, and go inside. That is a perfect example of the kind of laziness that is seen more and more often. Some of the ways that we are getting lazy are with the television, computer, and text messaging.
People watch a ton of television, not only in their cars, but at home too. I think that we all would be very surprised to see how many hours of television are watched by our kids. Homework, chores, reading a book, are all being put onto the back burner to watch the "boob tube" (as my mom calls it). When I grew up we had 2 TV’s in the whole house. Now I see my nieces with a TV in their own room, which is causing one of my nieces to be very anti-social. Usually, when my grandma would come over, or anyone else, we would call the family up to visit; my niece would always say "But my show is on!" which would upset my grandma because she is not able to visit with everyone.
There is no need to leave the house anymore. If you want to go shopping you can just turn on the television to go shopping. You can find just about anything on the television, not just objects but a date too. Some of the shows/channels popular with my friends are the Music Video channels or the Video Game channels. They all watch them constantly to become a better gamer. If you are not able to get enough television because of your busy schedule, you can always watch television from your cell phone. There are a number of channels that are available to watch.
Another option on most cell phones is text messaging. A text message is a written message sent from one cell phone to another; it is a very popular form of communication. Text messaging is causing a problem in schools; students are text messaging answers to tests to each other. "Texting" is happening everywhere, you can not go to the mall without seeing people "texting" back and forth. Many schools and places of business are not allowing cell phones to be turned on during business hours due to the fact that their employees would be watching TV, surfing the web, playing games, or "texting" their friends, when they should be working.
When I was a kid, I was constantly playing outside riding my bike or playing in the oak forest down the street. I would run and play in the park or build a fort. I could play from dusk till dawn and it was always outside. I loved it! Now a days, they have computers to do it all for them by allowing you to live through the computer game.
Many games are role playing games, where you create who you want to be, which has had some huge problems as a side affect. I remember hearing about this group of people who were really good at a game similar to Grand Theft Auto. In the game the more you killed the more points you got, if you killed a police officer you got a lot of points, robbing a bank was even more points, and robbing a bank with a police officer and killing him giving even more points than before. This group got really good at the game and they beat it. So they decided to take the game into the real world and become those characters by putting on masks and really robbing banks, killing people and keeping track of all the points, all of this because of a game. The hours spent to get to the point that your mind can not differ between reality and a game is beyond my imagination. Granted this is an isolated scenario but the fact is that it took hundreds of hours to get to that point. And if computer games are not tantalizing enough for them, youths can surf the World Wide Web all day. Either way, the hours that could be spent outside doing some physical activity are spent sitting on the couch munching on potato chips and playing video games. Even homework is affected you don’t have to remember how to spell words anymore, the computer does it all for you; all you have to use is the spell checker.
With all of these choices we have in front of us, the time spent with our families is dwindling faster than a couch potato trying to answer the phone. I remember watching a movie where the dad had to instant message his kids that it was dinner time instead of just telling them. Even then, I think that the food was a TV dinner. I know many families’s that don’t cook at all, well, at least not in my opinion of cooking. Cooking to me is taking all the ingredients and putting them together to create a delicious dish. Instead, they would go to a fast food place and order a fattening hamburger with French fries and a coke. To make matters worse they would eat it while driving; the problem is that this fast food is not healthy and not good for you. I remember last year I was at work and heard that if Americans continue their eating habits that in about 8 years almost all of America will be obese.
From prepared food to motorized scooters, conveniences do make life easier. But the truth is that these products are also making us lazy. It is almost making life too easy. It is making it so that we don’t leave the couch unless we have to go to the bathroom. We have electronics to do everything for us. Our imaginations are being replaced with video games and our work ethic and imaginations are going down the toilet. No one is perfect, including myself, but I can at least not be afraid to go outside and play. I hope that we will all get out of this hard working drought and start getting off the couch and doing something.
English 960
Kids Are Getting Lazy
Children are getting lazier every day. You don't see kids outside playing any more. Children are not running around the neighborhood, playing basketball, or riding their bikes. They are driving their motorized scooters, or "Segways". Many times they won’t even go to their friend’s house without getting into their parents nice air conditioned car, or truck, with that nice climate control to make it more comfortable for them. I have a friend who will drive across the street to go to the gym. It would take less time to just walk across the street, than it would take to get into a car, drive across the street, find a parking stall, get out the car, and go inside. That is a perfect example of the kind of laziness that is seen more and more often. Some of the ways that we are getting lazy are with the television, computer, and text messaging.
People watch a ton of television, not only in their cars, but at home too. I think that we all would be very surprised to see how many hours of television are watched by our kids. Homework, chores, reading a book, are all being put onto the back burner to watch the "boob tube" (as my mom calls it). When I grew up we had 2 TV’s in the whole house. Now I see my nieces with a TV in their own room, which is causing one of my nieces to be very anti-social. Usually, when my grandma would come over, or anyone else, we would call the family up to visit; my niece would always say "But my show is on!" which would upset my grandma because she is not able to visit with everyone.
There is no need to leave the house anymore. If you want to go shopping you can just turn on the television to go shopping. You can find just about anything on the television, not just objects but a date too. Some of the shows/channels popular with my friends are the Music Video channels or the Video Game channels. They all watch them constantly to become a better gamer. If you are not able to get enough television because of your busy schedule, you can always watch television from your cell phone. There are a number of channels that are available to watch.
Another option on most cell phones is text messaging. A text message is a written message sent from one cell phone to another; it is a very popular form of communication. Text messaging is causing a problem in schools; students are text messaging answers to tests to each other. "Texting" is happening everywhere, you can not go to the mall without seeing people "texting" back and forth. Many schools and places of business are not allowing cell phones to be turned on during business hours due to the fact that their employees would be watching TV, surfing the web, playing games, or "texting" their friends, when they should be working.
When I was a kid, I was constantly playing outside riding my bike or playing in the oak forest down the street. I would run and play in the park or build a fort. I could play from dusk till dawn and it was always outside. I loved it! Now a days, they have computers to do it all for them by allowing you to live through the computer game.
Many games are role playing games, where you create who you want to be, which has had some huge problems as a side affect. I remember hearing about this group of people who were really good at a game similar to Grand Theft Auto. In the game the more you killed the more points you got, if you killed a police officer you got a lot of points, robbing a bank was even more points, and robbing a bank with a police officer and killing him giving even more points than before. This group got really good at the game and they beat it. So they decided to take the game into the real world and become those characters by putting on masks and really robbing banks, killing people and keeping track of all the points, all of this because of a game. The hours spent to get to the point that your mind can not differ between reality and a game is beyond my imagination. Granted this is an isolated scenario but the fact is that it took hundreds of hours to get to that point. And if computer games are not tantalizing enough for them, youths can surf the World Wide Web all day. Either way, the hours that could be spent outside doing some physical activity are spent sitting on the couch munching on potato chips and playing video games. Even homework is affected you don’t have to remember how to spell words anymore, the computer does it all for you; all you have to use is the spell checker.
With all of these choices we have in front of us, the time spent with our families is dwindling faster than a couch potato trying to answer the phone. I remember watching a movie where the dad had to instant message his kids that it was dinner time instead of just telling them. Even then, I think that the food was a TV dinner. I know many families’s that don’t cook at all, well, at least not in my opinion of cooking. Cooking to me is taking all the ingredients and putting them together to create a delicious dish. Instead, they would go to a fast food place and order a fattening hamburger with French fries and a coke. To make matters worse they would eat it while driving; the problem is that this fast food is not healthy and not good for you. I remember last year I was at work and heard that if Americans continue their eating habits that in about 8 years almost all of America will be obese.
From prepared food to motorized scooters, conveniences do make life easier. But the truth is that these products are also making us lazy. It is almost making life too easy. It is making it so that we don’t leave the couch unless we have to go to the bathroom. We have electronics to do everything for us. Our imaginations are being replaced with video games and our work ethic and imaginations are going down the toilet. No one is perfect, including myself, but I can at least not be afraid to go outside and play. I hope that we will all get out of this hard working drought and start getting off the couch and doing something.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
School
Well this semester I am taking English 955. It is a fun class, and I like my teacher. She does a good job from what I can tell, so far. Tomorrow I have a Argumentative paper due. I decided to do it on kids getting lazy! Once I have finished my paper I will post it here.
Here is something way cool that I got from an email:
Click here
It is interesting to see how much someone can conseal and take to school. I only show this as an example and a warning to us and our kids, neices, nephews, etc.
Here is something way cool that I got from an email:
Click here
It is interesting to see how much someone can conseal and take to school. I only show this as an example and a warning to us and our kids, neices, nephews, etc.
Monday, September 11, 2006
More stuff
Well we finally got the inspection report back and now are just waiting on the appraisal. The only things that were wrong were very minor. Such as attaching the drain spout to the house, attach a drain that is being held up by a string. And the only thing that could turn into a major thing is that all the outlets do not have a ground. So I will address this later.
Our weekend was busy as usually. Saturday consisted of working at Lagoon-A-Beach from 8am to 10pm. Sunday was my day to rest, I know that I should of and could of gone over to my parents house for dinner. They invited me since I was home alone and Holly was working all day. But I just did not feel good. I think that my candles that have been burning at both ends is finally catching up to me. Holly is doing good. We have been getting to bed earlier so that has been helping me though. It just seems like no matter how much you sleep you never feel rested. You know? Well it is another day and all you can do is just keep plugging away.
Well today is the 5th anniversary of September 11th. Let us all remember this day! It is a day to reflect and honor those individuals that have lost their lives in it. Not only the victims but the family's and police officers, firefighters, emt's, hospitals that all made miracles that day! Let us honor them today.
Our weekend was busy as usually. Saturday consisted of working at Lagoon-A-Beach from 8am to 10pm. Sunday was my day to rest, I know that I should of and could of gone over to my parents house for dinner. They invited me since I was home alone and Holly was working all day. But I just did not feel good. I think that my candles that have been burning at both ends is finally catching up to me. Holly is doing good. We have been getting to bed earlier so that has been helping me though. It just seems like no matter how much you sleep you never feel rested. You know? Well it is another day and all you can do is just keep plugging away.
Well today is the 5th anniversary of September 11th. Let us all remember this day! It is a day to reflect and honor those individuals that have lost their lives in it. Not only the victims but the family's and police officers, firefighters, emt's, hospitals that all made miracles that day! Let us honor them today.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
What's next?
Well just to let you all know that our house inspection is on Wednesday (tomorrow) at 2 pm. After that we need the appraisal done and then we sign the papers and move in:)
On a different note I just would like to say how proud I am of my cousin Rebecca, many of you know what she has been going through, many of you dont. To read the blog about her struggle go here. She has been an inspiration to MANY people here. Many miracles have happened due to friends and family and their faith in our Savior. She is struggling with cancer. Right now she is going through the chemo therapy. May the Lord continue to bless and protect her! Rebecca we love you!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
The rest of the pics
Another pic of the front. 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
We bought a house! :)
Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We bought a house. Sorry it has been forever since I have posted anything on here. Anyways, here is what is new: On Friday August 25 Holly and I made an offer on a house in Roy. A few hours later our agent called us and told us that the seller made a counter offer. Well we accepted the counter offer and at 8:30pm we signed it and faxed it over to the seller's agent. :) Yea! So we got it. I will put pictures on here at the end. It is a cute 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom house. It has a basement. 2 bedrooms are downstair and 1 is up. Upstairs it all hardwood floors except the kitchen. The laundry room is downstairs. And it has a shed. It is a very quiet neighborhood. There are a lot of kids that play outside on our street. So when we have kids if we are still here they will have plenty of playmates. We have the deadline of getting all the paperwork and everything taken care of by September 28. It should be faster than that. So we are hoping to be moving in the first part of October. :) Now onto the pictures:
This is the front
This is the front
Back yard
Potty room
Upstairs bedroom
Friday, July 07, 2006
I havn't been around a while
Sorry I havn't posted anything here in a while. Holly and I are WAY busy. Holly is working a ton and I am right there with her. We have been out of debt for about a month now. So, we talked to a mortgage officer and are pre-qualified for a house. We are looking in the Roy, Hooper, Clinton area. Hopefully we will find one that meets all that we are looking in a house.
Peace-
Peace-
Thursday, May 11, 2006
The Utah State Quarter
Well, Yesterday Governor Leavitt told everyone that the Utah State quarter will be the golden spike one. Here is a picture of all three:
To read all about the history about the "Golden Spike" click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spike
To read all about the history about the "Golden Spike" click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spike
Friday, April 28, 2006
The internet
Ok so I have been little worried about things. Especially my kids when they are here. (mom holly is not pregnant) If you watched channel 2 news last night at 10 p.m. They did an article about a local radio station that does a program called scared straight. You can view what they have written here: http://www.971zht.com/pages/scaredstraight/ it is a hyper link so please click on it. I HIGHLY recommend reading it. What they do is every Thursday morning they bring in their laptop into the office and get online. They pose as a 13 year old girl, and just sit there. Within a few seconds they have someone trying to talk to them. They don't know who is online with them for all we know it is a really old fat man. So they start to chat with the person and try and get a phone number out of him. They call him on the air and start to talk to him. These guys are just gross and nasty. What they say to a 14 year old girl is horrible. So before they start into the nasty nasty talk one of the male radio people gets on the phone and starts to talk to them. From here they give the IP address and the phone number to the internet task force. So after reading/hearing about it I did a little research myself there is a product out there called cybersitter http://www.cybersitter.com/cybinfo.htm it is a great program that filters out bad content as well as recording all chats so that you (the parent) can read what your child is having a conversation with to make sure you child is not talk to a pedophile.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Soap Box
Please understand that the opinions reflected in this post does not necessarily reflect anyone and or any certain company. Nor towards any certain company. It is just about people.
One thing that has really upset me is when people are hired/asked to do certain things and they DON'T do it. It is frustrating. Especially when they just sit on their butt and do nothing and then I have to do it. I am ok with doing it, but the real catcher is when they come and complain to me about how it should be done. They should do there job/duty and let me do mine. It really upsets me! Do the job you are supposed to do and let me do mine. Not me do yours and mine and expect other things. I know this is vague, I need to be vague for certain reasons. Please don't get me wrong, I like to work and do not mind doing more that asked. But please don't complain to me that I am not doing my job when I am. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! 
Monday, March 13, 2006
Home
Well with much anticipation my dad is finally home. He got home last week. It is very nice to have him home. One of the things that he is most excited about is sleeping in your own bed. Plus you don't have to worry about all the nurses waking you up every hour or so. But he is home and the family is happy now :)
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
My dad :(
I am sure that many of you have heard that my dad had a heart attack this weekend. IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEKEND! So here is the story and I will have pictures of it as well. (Not actual pictures of my dad, just pictures I found on the internet.)
Friday night and Saturday:
It all started Friday night when my dad ate some ribs. He woke up in the middle of the night with chest pain. He gets heartburn really easy, so he thought it was that. He took some antacid stuffs and it went away so he went back to bed. He woke up a few times that night before he took the antacid stuffs. In the morning, he woke up with chest pain again. He thought it was weird, so he had some milk to help calm his stomach, thinking it was heartburn again. And then started to head down to Jacob's house to help him with his remodeling project he has going on. By the time he reached centerville area his chest was hurting really bad. So he decided that he better get to the hospital so he missed the 500 S. Bountiful exit as well as the 2600 S. Exit. He could not merge over fast enough. So he ended up taking the center street exit of NSL. By this time the pain was so intense he needed to pull over for a bit. Not only was the pain intense but he could not breathe very well. He then started to drive to Lake View Hospital. On the way he pulled over again and lost his breakfast. By this time the pain was stronger and it was more difficult to breath. Had his cell phone been charged he would of called 911. As he was traveling he had to run 2 red lights because he NEEDED to get to the hospital. He was sweating profusely now. He pulled into the ER parking lot and walked into the ER. When he got to the reception desk he was in so much pain he could not stand. He was leaning on the desk telling them his name and that he thinks he is having a heart attack. So the nurse went and got an orderly and rushed him into the back. It was by chance that the doctor that does the heart surgeries was there in the hospital at that moment. They gave him several drugs. One of which was nitroglycerine. The doctor's and nurses were running around trying to do everything to save my dad's life. Had he been 5 minutes longer he would have died. :( It is a miracle that he is here now.
Here is what they did:
The aorta is what was %100 blocked off. Plus another artery was 90-80% blocked.
Friday night and Saturday:
It all started Friday night when my dad ate some ribs. He woke up in the middle of the night with chest pain. He gets heartburn really easy, so he thought it was that. He took some antacid stuffs and it went away so he went back to bed. He woke up a few times that night before he took the antacid stuffs. In the morning, he woke up with chest pain again. He thought it was weird, so he had some milk to help calm his stomach, thinking it was heartburn again. And then started to head down to Jacob's house to help him with his remodeling project he has going on. By the time he reached centerville area his chest was hurting really bad. So he decided that he better get to the hospital so he missed the 500 S. Bountiful exit as well as the 2600 S. Exit. He could not merge over fast enough. So he ended up taking the center street exit of NSL. By this time the pain was so intense he needed to pull over for a bit. Not only was the pain intense but he could not breathe very well. He then started to drive to Lake View Hospital. On the way he pulled over again and lost his breakfast. By this time the pain was stronger and it was more difficult to breath. Had his cell phone been charged he would of called 911. As he was traveling he had to run 2 red lights because he NEEDED to get to the hospital. He was sweating profusely now. He pulled into the ER parking lot and walked into the ER. When he got to the reception desk he was in so much pain he could not stand. He was leaning on the desk telling them his name and that he thinks he is having a heart attack. So the nurse went and got an orderly and rushed him into the back. It was by chance that the doctor that does the heart surgeries was there in the hospital at that moment. They gave him several drugs. One of which was nitroglycerine. The doctor's and nurses were running around trying to do everything to save my dad's life. Had he been 5 minutes longer he would have died. :( It is a miracle that he is here now.
Here is what they did:
The aorta is what was %100 blocked off. Plus another artery was 90-80% blocked.
Here is another picture of the same thing. Just a different view:
Now what I mean by %100 blocked is that there was no blood flow going through the Aorta. What they did to fix the problem is put a stent in. A stent is a cylindrical wire mesh that they put in where the blockage is to allow blood to flow through. The one that they put into my dad was coated with medication to help the blockage free up and the body accept it. It is a total 36mm long. Which is almost the longest ones they make. Here is a picture of an example:
As you can tell from the picture they go through the body with a tube. In my dad's case they entered the femoral artery located in the crease of the right leg and the trunk of the body. They would push the tube up to the blockage and put in the stent. The whole time my dad was awake. He did not feel a thing from them putting in the stent. They numbed up the area and plus he was in too much pain from his heart to feel them doing the stent. After the surgery they put him into the ICU.
Sunday:
This morning my dad woke up with water in his lungs. Also called Pulmonary Adema. So they gave him lasics (spelling?), which helps him discharge the water naturally. Which he did wonderfully. The whole day he stayed up in the ICU. He had a hard time breathing. It was very shallow and forced. Every moment he had it seamed like he would try and sleep and then someone would come in and wake him. Usually the nurse's or family. Sunday he rested.
Monday:
Today my dad moved to a recovery room. He took a shower and got out with difficulty breathing again. He had Pulmonary Adema again. So they took him back to the ICU. At this point in time they gave him lasics again. It did not work as well as it did on Sunday. But it worked. His breathing was a lot more labored and intense that the first time he had Pulmonary Adema. The nurse's called the doctor and told him about it. So he came down and talked with my dad and family about the next step. They were not going to fix his other artery until a few weeks later when his body had healed more. The reason is because it is a lot of trauma on the body to go through what he did. So he told us that my dad was not healing fast enough and they are needing to a stent in the other artery that is 80-90% blocked. The doctor believes that the artery is supplying blood flow to the heart. Particularly the mitral valve. Here is a picture of a mitral valve:
So because the mitral valve was not working properly blood was going back into the lungs and then that would cause the Pulmonary Adema.
Tuesday:
Tuesday morning they took my dad into surgery again. They put another stent in. It was successful and without complications. He is in the ICU, currently, and will be there until they put him in recovery. He will spend atleast 2 days there and then be released. I know that my dad was watch by our Heavenly Father. It is an answer to many prayers and blessings that he is here. A friend of mine works in an ER and said that during that weekend there were 6 heart attacks, including my dad's. 5 died. My dad was the only one that survived. And they were all about his age too. I am grateful that he is here! :)
Monday, February 27, 2006
Something I learned today (I know surprising isn't it)
A word from a not so wise person to the wiser person. Ya know one of the big things for many many people is their credit. As in their credit report rating. People everywhere dont want their credit pulled. Oh it will hurt my credit rating. No, I have worked hard at that and I dont want to hurt it, etc, etc... They are right and wrong all at the same time. If you pull it more than 4 times a year it will drop your credit rating. Well, that is just what I have heard. So here is what I learned from a real experience. When you get old and are more financially stable and only use cash. It is a good idea to have some type of credit card open. Here is the reason why: I guess after 10 years of something being on your credit it goes away from your report. So with that being said, If you are 60 years old and have paid everything off and have been using cash for... 15 years and you decide to buy a car. You will need a co-signer due to lack of credit history. Crazy huh! So always try and keep something open so you dont have to worry about you credit rating going going gone...
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