It's 1:30 in the morning and I've had a hella day
My dad may or may not have had a heart attack today. We're not sure if it was one or not until they take him out of the coma that they put him.
I was the one that found him. You see he had come home to get ready to go play golf with some people and I was getting ready to go to work. So he left just before me and then I left. I was right to the end of the road when I saw his truck in the ditch on the other side of the road. I stopped my car and their was another car and I had to call 911.
The worst part was that I couldn't get into his truck and to him because the passenger door was locked and the drivers side door was wedged against a fence.
So needless to say that I was freaking out because he wasn't breathing right. So the 911 operator got really tired of me really quickly. Luckily my dad's business part and the guys that work for them where coming by and saw his truck. They were able to get the door open and unlock the other door and pulled him out.
I heard him do that last breath gasp at one point that's when I really lost it because one of the guys said he stopped breathing. My dad was dead for awhile.
The EMT took him to the hospital and the stablized him then sent him to UVA via helicopter to their Cardiac Care Unit. Their the put him into a coma and dropped him body temp to help him heal. He hasn't been awake since it happened this afternoon and they won't take him off the sedatives tomorrow evening.
So we won't know if he has and brain damage or what happened with his heart. Needless to say it has been a very long afternoon. My dad watched his dad die of a heart attack and as I watched the EMT work on him all I could think I'm going to watch my dad die like he did.
I let you guys know what happens tomorrow as soon as I can. Also I'm sorry if a lot of this doesn't make sense but I am really tired and I have a gin & tonic that I'm drinking. Good thoughts are very welcome.
I was the one that found him. You see he had come home to get ready to go play golf with some people and I was getting ready to go to work. So he left just before me and then I left. I was right to the end of the road when I saw his truck in the ditch on the other side of the road. I stopped my car and their was another car and I had to call 911.
The worst part was that I couldn't get into his truck and to him because the passenger door was locked and the drivers side door was wedged against a fence.
So needless to say that I was freaking out because he wasn't breathing right. So the 911 operator got really tired of me really quickly. Luckily my dad's business part and the guys that work for them where coming by and saw his truck. They were able to get the door open and unlock the other door and pulled him out.
I heard him do that last breath gasp at one point that's when I really lost it because one of the guys said he stopped breathing. My dad was dead for awhile.
The EMT took him to the hospital and the stablized him then sent him to UVA via helicopter to their Cardiac Care Unit. Their the put him into a coma and dropped him body temp to help him heal. He hasn't been awake since it happened this afternoon and they won't take him off the sedatives tomorrow evening.
So we won't know if he has and brain damage or what happened with his heart. Needless to say it has been a very long afternoon. My dad watched his dad die of a heart attack and as I watched the EMT work on him all I could think I'm going to watch my dad die like he did.
I let you guys know what happens tomorrow as soon as I can. Also I'm sorry if a lot of this doesn't make sense but I am really tired and I have a gin & tonic that I'm drinking. Good thoughts are very welcome.