Awakening

On Mother's Day, I had an awakening in my life of 33 years. I had a phone call that every son and daughter dreads. My Dad was being care flighted to Harris Methodist Downtown hospital. Wayne and I were literally driving in to Wylie from being with his family that weekend, and I was not feeling well on top of it. My Mom, bless her soul, was by herself and driving to the hospital. I told her I was going to drive there as soon as I got home, and got some things situated. She tried to argue with me not too, but I didn't listen. My Dad, had a heart attack, the Monday BEFORE and had gone all week not feeling well. After having sharp, high chest pains, that Sunday, my Mom took him to the small hospital 15 minutes away. He didn't know he had this heart attack, or what they later told him was the "Widow maker". They said it happened while he was riding his lawnmower that Monday.
On Mother's Day night, in Fort Worth, they put a stint in, and he was monitored until that Thursday. I saw him that Sunday night after the stint surgery, and amazingly enough, he was alert, and was even joking around. I was in shock though, seeing my Dad laying in a hospital bed, hooked up to monitors, and not knowing what the next few hours held for him. Mom and I drove the 45 minutes back to her house, and the next day, she went to see him. I went back home that Tues, as I was getting sick, as it was best I didn't expose him.
He is doing well now, on four different medications, his blood pressure is staying low, and he just rests a lot, and piddles around the house!
I still think about that day, that phone call, and how this could have ended differently. But, God wanted my Dad on this Earth longer. I believe this was an awakening for not only me, but my Dad too. He knows how lucky he is.
The Cardiologist said that MOST people do NOT survive the type of heart attack that he had. I know, that God had his arms wrapped around my Dad that week.
In the hospital, one of the images that I will never forget is my Mom kissing my Dad's hand. It was simple, yet it brought tears to my eyes because of the love they have for each other.
We will see my Dad Father's Day weekend, and I am so thankful to the Lord above for giving us a chance to share Father's Day together.