A very long stressful weekend

Wow! I have to say that I do not want to go through another weekend like that.

So, most of you know from readying our blog that we have been fixing our house because of a fire. Well Saturday there were about 7 guys at my house incuding my dad working with us.

At about 5:30pm almost all the guys decided that it was breaktime. So, since we have no bathroom at the house they piled in the van to go to the restroom and my mom went with them.

My dad had been working on the roof since about 10am that morning. He came down got something out of his Jeep and disappeared. I went into the house and was getting ready tostart working again.

My dad came into the house a few minutes later and said to me, "Mandy, I think you are going to have to take me to the hospital" Now for those of you that know my dad he is a jokster so I thought he was kidding. Until he said, "Or call me a ambulance or something"

Honestly, I was really scared.

We went outside and he started to burp. He told me to hold on he was burping and starting to feel a little better.

I told he, "Dad are you sure because if you need me to take you I need you atleast 30 min to get you there." See the closest hospital is about 20 miles away.

So,when my mom gets back to the house he was feeling it again so we got in the car and left.

I called Alan when I got on the road for him to please call 911 and tell them that I would be speeding. Within about 2 min Dispatch is calling me. She was very helpful thorought. I got to Brighton and I looked at my dad and his whole face is white and his lips were starting to turn white. He said that he was having a hard time breathing. I was even more scared. We are almost at 4th and Bromley which means that we have about 30-40 blocks to go. Right there is when my car died. I immediately started to cry I told the opereator that they needed tosend an ambulance now that my car had died.

I turned to my dad, and said, "I am sorry dad"

Within 3 minutes the ambulance was there. My dad walked into the ambulance. We pushed my car out of the way. We were there for a good half and hour with no moving. I called my best friend and told her what is going on. We prayed. I called my best friends husband and told him what was going on. Then I called the prayer line.

While I was on the prayer line my friends had circled up who they were with. We were all praying.

My mom was in the ambulance at the time and one of the paramedics said "Looks like your going again".

They got him stable and then went to the hospital. Now at this hospital they do not have a Cath Lab so he had to take a helicopter to Aurora South Hospital.

On the way to the helicopter the helicopter nurse told us that when they said that they were stopping him from having a massive heart attack.

So my dad gets to Aurora South and is immediately put into surgery and has 3 stents placed in his heart in 2 different veins.

That night as we were leaving for dinner he said to me, "Thank you Mandy for getting me to the hospital on time" I instantly started to cry and he put his had out and just squeezed my had.

He stayed for a couple days and then came home today.

I am telling you all this mussy stuff because my dad doesnt talk like that. The first time I ever heard him say I love you is when he had his first heart attack 4 years ago. So everything means so much for a girl from her daddy even at my age.

Oh , so I wanted to tell you that the reason my car died was because of a blown fuse. My husband fixed it and had it to me before my dad left in the helicopter and has been driving ever since.

The reason I told my dad I was sorry was because I thought I had failed him. My one chance to make him proud and I failed.

But God had another plan. I heard him that day tell me that he was going to take care of me .

So, please know that GOD in Heaven has EVERYTHING under control.

God Bless!!