We have 5 days left until Dion goes in for surgery. I think all of us are a bit nervous considering the magnitude of open heart surgery. Any skepticism I may have had about him having surgery went out the window today.
I just heard on the news today that a young, 24 year old, running back from the Denver Bronco's, Damien Nash, collapsed and died shortly after a charity basketball event meant to raise money for heart transplant research. He started the foundation in honor of his older brother that had a heart transplant. The ironic part of the entire tragedy is that his death appears to be from an apparent heart attack. What hit home most for me is that he was from East St. Louis, just 10 minutes down the road from us.
I am so thankful that the doctors found this because I couldn’t imagine living without any of my wonderful children. The doctors say that he should be fine after surgery and be able to pursue football; from a parental point of view I will just be happy to have him alive.
I don’t know if the doctors keep track of patient’s progress years after a procedure is successful but I think I am going to have a MRI done on him every couple of years just to be on the safe side.
~ Tschuss
Troy
Life is a Journey not a Destination, so enjoy the trip.
