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Originally Posted by Geraldsh
when I was 14 my mother and I came home from school(she was a teacher) and found a note on the table from Dad
"I'm having a heart attack and will be in bed if I get that far."
He was on the bed but sure didn't look good. I sat with him while Mom drove 2 miles to the nearest phone. He became the third patient in Alberta to survive open heart surgery. Recovery time in hospital was several months during which he cheerfully volunteered for any rehab scenario they could dream up. Three times over the next 15 years they gave him less than 6 months to live but he kept on ticking. Lived to 80.
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That ended way better than the way I thought it was starting.