After a few weeks of ups and downs, my friend Chuck is finally out of the hospital. He collapsed at work several weeks ago from a mild heart attack. After a few days of diagnosis, it was determined that he required open heart surgery.
After the surgery, Chuck has some more battles to overcome including standing up and then — dying.
He was brought back and then forced into a coma for a few days.
He was supposed to be able to come home yesterday but the hospital wouldn’t release him.
Today — after all of this — he is finally home.
Watching a friend go through this makes me look at where I am as far as my health is concerned.
I certainly don’t want to go through what he has.
Anyway, I’m glad he is finally home.
Update: (04.21.2018) – Chuck had to go back into the hospital a couple of times because of respiratory issues. Fluid builds up in his lungs and he can’t breathe. This has happened twice now. He finally came back home again yesterday. He sounds much better and has lost a lot of weight. I have to admit that I was getting worried when I didn’t see him this morning. His brother called and finally woke him up. I was honestly wondering about whether or not he had passed as a reason for not seeing him this morning. My mind wonders and I couldn’t be more happy to be wrong in this instance.
