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[Married2009 32]

Glad to hear that they fixed the blocked artery. I am thankful for all involved that they found the blockage before any serious damage occurred! Will keep you both in my prayers.

[coraliesolms 47]

Oh good!! At least its all fixed! Ill still keep you guys in my thoughts though... send our hopes for a speedy recovery for him!!

[Dan and Ali 3]

Wow, I just caught this whole thread ... I'm sorry that you're having to go through this! You and Tim and in our thoughts and prayers for sure. Keep us posted!

[sdw 10]

Good to hear he is doing well.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Sounds like everything was successful...one of the best things you can do once there is help provide a healthy lifestyle and diet, especially if there are reasons (ie: religious) that your fiance will not take medicine or refuse treatment.

Good luck

[LiLMermaid 2]

Glad to hear they got it fixed. Praying for a fast recovery.

[Krikit 1,164]

My FIL had a couple of stents put in a few years ago. He was basically in and out with a very short recovery time. Glad to hear they were able to take pre-emptive measures with Tim and I wish him continued good health. I know it's been difficult dealing with this from a distance, Erin, but you'll be with him soon. Hang in there.

[Leafgal 3]

Erin, I am glad that he is doing better. Some rest and such will do him good. Hope he gets well soon, and have a nice visit when you are able to get down, until then it is great that everyone is keeping you in the loop.

[Flames9_RN 358]

Yes stents are fairly routine! Usually gone home the next day. Its a real eye awakener by many, time to change ur diet, stop smoking, etc etc. Hope u is doing well

[Tim and Erin 3]

Update: I talked to Tim twice today and he sounds good. Still hasn't talked to the doc about whether he needs anything more done. But I got the full story from him.....

He had worked hard all day as usual...alot of heavy lifting involved. Went after work to help someone clean out a garage and move around some heavy stuff. Got home, ate, got into the shower and started having a heavy feeling in the center of his chest that wouldn't let up...kept getting worse. He got out of the shower and the phone rang. It was his son wanting to tell his dad about a new job he just landed. Tim had to interrupt him to ask him to come over as soon as he could. His son called 911, then he and his brother raced over there. The local volunteer first response team showed up within minutes because it's a little town of less than 250 people and they didn't have to go far. (Yay for small towns!)

When Tim got to hospital he was hooked up to all kinds of wires and they discovered he had had a mild heart attack. Then while doing further tests he had three more attacks, so they took him in right away to put the stent in. Otherwise, they said, he was heading for a big attack. Normally it would take about half an hour to an hour to do the procedure, but he was in there for 3 hours. I have no idea why, because even Tim doesn't understand yet what went on until he talks to the doctor.

Anyway, he's had lots of phone calls and visitors, and everyone I talked to who has seen him says he looks pretty good. It's so comforting that he has all those people around for support when I can't be there. But I'm going to try to get there as soon as a week from now. I told my boss I was going to be visiting the States a little earlier than the end of April as I had planned, and she understands and will be very accomodating as always.

Oh and did I forget to mention a bit of good news? Tim got the NOA1 in the mail today. So now I'll feel a little more confident at the border when I can prove we've sent in the petition.

Thankyou to everyone here for all your kind words and prayers.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I'm so glad that they've got things under control - and congratulations about the NOA1 as well!

You know, as horrible as all of this has been and is right now, in one way it can be viewed as a good thing - he had a mild heart attack that 'got his attention' enough to seek medical help. If it hadn't been so definite, he may well have ignored the problem until it became too big to handle with a very serious heart attack and much more serious repercussions. That didn't happen though, because he got this 'warning' attack first, and now he has the opportunity to address the causes, and make whatever changes he needs, ending up with a healthier and longer life than he might have had without this warning.

I hope he has a quick and uneventful recovery - and that your visa journey is also quick and uneventful .

[truckerbob 0]

Glad everything is working out for you guys and he is going to be okay.

[darkchilde794 5]

Erin, I am glad that Tim is okay. And grats on the NOA!!!

[Tim and Erin 3]

Planning to book my flight for the 20th. Wish I could go down earlier but I have some loose ends to tie up here.

Thankyou all for keeping me sane during all of this. It always helps when there's someone to talk to.

[Tim and Erin 3]

Update: Tim is home from the hospital. He's on 4 different drugs, but he only needs to take some of them for a couple weeks. He'll have a checkup in 2 weeks and at that time will be told when he can return to work.

When talking to him I get a sense of how mellowed he's become. This heart attack really threw him for a loop. He never thought it would happen to him. He's taking it easy, but has been told not to just sit around doing nothing, so he's been going for several short walks in the past 2 days.

Since he got home this morning he's had lots of people show up with food, plants, cards and general support. That's one of the things I love about small towns...everyone knows everyone else and rallies around when they're needed.

Hospital expenses will amount to $2000 for his insurance deductible, which is very reasonable considering the circumstances. He's very lucky to have the job he has. His boss also told him that the board of directors had a meeting and decided that Tim won't need to worry about paying utility bills while he's off work. They'll cover it for him. A few years back the town did the same type of thing for another man who had a heart transplant...had all kinds of fundraisers to help him pay his hospital bills and mortgage payments until he recuperated. What a great bunch of people!

I'm so anxious to get down there to be with Tim. If all goes well, we'll be holding hands again in about 10 days.