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Sorry Lou, it disappeared. It was last seen all hot and steamy cavorting on a plate with some amaretto cream.

Dad update: He's being transferred to the specialist hospital today to undergo all the tests.

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You rotten bugger I was looking forward to that!

Hope your Dads tests go well.

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Spoke to Dad via his bedside phone thing (49ppm!!) and he was being taken to Harefield (specialist heart & lung place) for an angiogram and possibly having a stent fitted. He says they told him he might be home later today, or possibly tomorrow - so quite good news I'd say!

We'll see. Fingers firmly crossed.

Thanks again for all the messages!

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Mr Flum had a minor heart attack and had 2 stents fitted about 3 years ago. They didn't believe he was having a heart attack as he's not in the high risk category - never smoked, eats well, takes loads of exercise, not over-weight etc. However, his grandad and his mum had a congenital narrow bit in the artery - grandad was told in his 20s that he could 'drop dead any minute'! I believe he was 88 when he died!
Mr F was delighted to learn that the lady next door but one's dad (are you still with me?) had 2 stents fitted a week before him and it cost him £7000. Bargain on the NHS!

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Some of the medication they use in cardiology costs £1000 a shot!


Fingers crossed that your Dad gets out today then Wayne!

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Spoke to Dad last night at the Harefield hospital, and he seems to be having a pretty good time all things considered.

For someone who was fairly adamant that he didn't like hospitals, and he wanted to go home on the night they took him in, he seems to have settled fairly well. When I spoke last night he said he had a bit of an emotional fairwell when he left the CCU yesterday, hugs alround, and he left them a box of chocolates that my sister bought in for him. He keeps referring to Clare (one of the nurses at the Harefield who he's known for less than 24hrs) as if she's his best mate, they've compared hand-held games an all sorts!

He even turned down the offer of us visiting last night!

I think he's obviously looking forward to coming home, but I don't think he's in any hurry. No nagging, three decent meals a day, coffee on tap, comfort, peace.

He thinks he might be home later today, which I find surprising given that they are potentially going to stick a mesh tube in one of his arteries....? If he's still in, we're going to see him tonight.

Of course, it's when he's back home that the fun really begins...

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My husband who had similar treatment, was home on Day 5 - so that would be about right. They do the stent(s) while you watch on a screen so no big trauma. He was glad to get home though. Someone's monitoring machine kept beeping every 10 mins day and night - if that chap had been having problems no-one would have known - boy crying 'Wolf' comes to mind.
Hope he's back home soon - if he does as he'd told, his fitness level will improve massively. Himself did his daily walk with his binoculars (keen naturalist) so most of the village just thought he was a professional Nosey Person!

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Just had a call from Mum, Dad's had two stents "fitted", but he's got pins and needles in one of his feet, so they're checking him out. Going to see him tonight, and I guess he'll be home tomorrow.

Woop woop!

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Dad's not going home to what would be classed as a loving house in the traditional sense, hence I think he's making the most of his stay in hospital. Mum and Dad tolerate each other I'm sorry to say, but it's been like that for years. That said, I'm not sure what they'd do without each other...

Tune in next week for Wayne's confessionals.

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You never know, HW, this may do wonders for them? Otherwise, do you have a spare room at the Manor?

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You laugh, but the thought had crossed my mind. Plus, as lady HW and I are thinking about starting a family next year, we'd be alright for child care...

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Just tell him he's got 7 grand's worth. That'll cheer him up! It's probably gone up in the last 3 years too!

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Dad home yet? Hope all is well.

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Yay, thanks! He's coming home today. My brother is going to visit him, and said he'd give him a lift back at the same time.

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Yey!! Great news Wayne, just gotta keep him on the straight and narrow now!!!
Have a lovely weekend.

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And you Lou. Reckon he'd be alright to give me a hand on the plot on Sunday?
Joking of course!

I'll do my best to make sure he gets to see his grandkids!

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Great to hear your Dad is coming home

Claire

Thanks Claire.

One thing that hit home last night was the fact that these things are hereditary. Dad's Dad died at 59 of a heart attack, now Dad at 57 with his...

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Glad your dad is on the mend Wayne - now you have to keep him on the straight and narrow, which I'm sure you're more than capable of ... ! (Practice for his grandkids?!)

And hereditary conditions aren't the problem these days of medical advances that they might have been even just 10 years ago.

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Glad to hear your Dad is doing well HW! Paddy, our i/c allotments here in Penwortham, Preston had a heart attack last year (before I met him) but by george! I never knew when I met him - and he's as fit as a fiddle and cuts all the grass on the lottie site and helps everyone who meets him -a fine example of a chap who has recovered - just as I know your Dad will. Please pass on our love to him. Dexterdog

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Yikes HW!! What a lot has been happening to you. Hope your dad is recovering quietly from all the excitement and hope he is settling into a new routine.

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