Life Is Good

[CouryC]

Williamsburg has gotten very expensive too. A 2 bedroom is close to 2k right?

Yeah, its pretty out of control now. I've always lived 3 stops in off the L, at the Graham ave stop. Over by Bedford ave its insanely expensive. And it will get even worse now that they are putting up all those high rise apartment buildings up. Then again, its possible that they wont be able to fill all of them, and prices will drop. I dont now, but either way...we plan on staying in the place we have now for as long as we possibly can.

[Pineapple]

Just got home from the hospital.
My dad had quadruple bypass surgery this morning (they thought it would only be triple) at 7 am, and was pretty much out cold until about noon. The surgery went well and without any problems, and when I visited at 3:30 he was awake and talking, albiet with some discomfort, but he was still making jokes. They thought he would have to have the breathing tube in his throat until tomarrow, but as of 3:30 he already had it out and was breathing just fine with an oxygen mask. His voice is very raspy from the tube and he really wants to drink some water, but the anesthetic they used slowed down the parystalsis in his stomach so he could drink a gallon of water and still be thirsty. They're giving him icecubes one at a time so he can get hydration from that (the nurse is calling him Iceman).
He drifts in and out of sleep every couple minutes, so having a real conversation is tough, but at least he's getting sleep. He's expected to make a full recovery within a couple months, and is expected to be out of the hospital by Saturday (which is a couple days ahead of the original plan). The nurse told us that he was one of the best patients she'd ever had, that he was taking big breaths and fighting quite hard and that she was very proud of him. I feel the same way.
I have to say a giant thank you to everyone who wished him luck or offered up prayers, he is really doing well and was appreciative of all the get well remarks. I'll continue with updates if anything changes or when he's out, but as of now he's doing really well and probobly sleeping, the only hard part for him now is wanting to drink some water and eat a steak.

Oh and I dunno if I mentioned this earlier but apparently tests revealed that somewhere between 5 years ago and one month ago he had a very big heart attack which was the driving cause behind this small one. At the time his body was in such good shape that it went unnoticed by his doctors and any of us, probobly even by him. That coupled with the fact that his father had 4 heart attacks and died in his arms on the last one has me a bit worried about when I'll get my first. But I'm not really thinking about that now, I'm all smiles today.

[Advocate]

Just have him take care of himself better ... aka drinking and smoking. Other than that ... I'm glad your dad survived. Mine wasn't so fortunate.

[kingoffighters]

Good to hear pineapple. Tell him to keep his sense of humor!

[Samba De Amiga]

That's awesome! My grandpa had a quadruple a couple of years ago and he's doing great. Besides the fact that he likes to whip out his scar to random strangers

[Mykozo]

I'm super glad to hear your dad is ok Pineapple. Give him our best!

DWK played it's first show on Saturday night and it went great. Saw some old friends, rocked the house, and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

[Nomi]

Glad he's doing better and still making jokes. Hooray medicine.

[Shin Johnpv]

As I said in the other thread, really glad to hear your dad is ok man!

For me I'm a good like 2 1/2 weeks ahead of schedule on my short film. This makes me happy.

[Pineapple]

Thanks again all, when I see him tomarrow I'll give him a print out of what you guys said. He's going to be very, very happy.

And hell yeah Myk, those videos on the myspace were great, you guys looked like you had a lot of fun.

[Drewbacca]

Awesome news man. Fate's got nothing on him!