6PtStar in Hospital but will be back in a few days

This is Jerry’s daughter. He asked me to send a post for him to explain his absence the past few days. Last Friday, dad had major heart failure around 7am in the morning. He woke mom with his gurgling noise and then fell off the bed and quit breathing. Mom called 911. They had to zap him several times (both at the house, on the way in the ambulance, and once he was in emergency) to get his heart going.

The doctors were very concerned at how long he had been without oxygen and prepared us for the worst. We thought we had lost him. Fortunately, they were very wrong. They were able to take dad off of the ventilator over the weekend and he regained consciousness with no permanent brain damage. On Tuesday, he had a catherization test which showed significant blockage.

After a lot of family debate and fierce encouragement from his friends, he agreed to have triple bypass surgery Wednesday morning. The doctors reviewed the results again and decided prior to the surgery that one area of blockage was actually minor and ended up doing a double-bypass. However, one of the arteries that was blocked was the main one in front.

He is doing very well and is already today sitting up, eating a hearty meal, and even standing. Tomorrow he is going to get a new high-tech combination pacemaker/defibrillator. Then we expect him to be home and back online within another couple of days. All of the doctors are now expecting him to have a full recovery that will have him doing even better than he had been.

He is looking forward to sharing his tales. -- Pixey (Jerry's Daughter)

Hi Pixey.

Thanks for the information about your dad. Sorry to hear about that, but please give him our best wishes. He'll be in our prayers.

Den

Hi Pixey -
Please tell Jerry that we hope he'll be back soon - feeling better than ever.
O.

He is doing very well and is already today sitting up, eating a hearty meal, and even standing. Tomorrow he is going to get a new high-tech combination pacemaker/defibrillator. Then we expect him to be home and back online within another couple of days. All of the doctors are now expecting him to have a full recovery that will have him doing even better than he had been.

This is great news. Please tell him to get well soon!!! We're incredibly glad to hear he's okay!

Thanks for the bad and much better news.

I'm not big on prayer but I do wish him a speedy recovery. I hope to see him posting here again as soon as he can.

- roberto

Pixe,
Thank you so much for letting us know about your dad. Our prayers will be for him. You tell him that we wxpect to see him back here real soon. He is one special person.

Bev

Thanks for letting us know. Tell your Dad his extended family on here is wishing him a remarkable recovery.
Kathy

Thank you for letting us know. I wish him a speedy recovery and am glad to hear that things have turned out well for him despite the danger he was in. My thoughts are with him and your family.

Pixey, that's so good of you to let us know...and so typically caring of your dad to ask you to contact his message board friends for him. What a terrible ordeal for him and your entire family!

I'm adding my very best wishes to him for a smooth recovery. Hope to see him back here very soon!

Pixey, glade to hear that he is doing so well and happy to hear that he has a loving and caring family. Looking forward to hearing from him soon.

Regards,

Dan

Glad to hear he's doing as well as he is, I've had it Quad/defib, Hope his leads aren't defective like mine are. We are pulling for him and your family. Jim

Wow! What a horrible scare for all of you! Leave it to Jerry to think of us! Pixey, thank you so much for alerting us and bringing us up to date!! Give Jerry a ((hug)) for us. Tough ole guy to be doing so well so soon!! Just shows to go you, you can't keep a good man down!!

Pixey, the thoughtfulness that comes from you and your dad is so appreciated. I look forward to his return to the board, but in the mean time, he has my fondest regards for a speedy and satisfactory recovery.

A fellow Texan,
Jane

thank you Pixey , prayers go out for the family . Jerry has a lot of family here too,we're all with him in spirit ....keep your powder dry Texan . tim