I posted this on the Habs board and figured since I post on this board as much as that one I'd post it here too.
So last Tuesday night shortly after the Habs win in game 5 while I was basking in the glory my father suffered a massive heart attack. He too is a huge Habs fan and watched the game and was on cloud 9. After he and my step mom watched the game he was so happy. They decided to watch America's Got Talent which was on the PVR. Which may have saved his life. They were discussing the acts as they watched then during the first commercial break his wife noticed that he wasn't fast forwarding through the commercial she looked over and his eyes were closed. She she told him to wake up and he wouldn't open his eyes. So after trying for a few seconds she called 911. They arrived within 6 minutes and were able to get his heart beating again.
After hearing the news we made the 12 hour drive from Meadow Lake SK to Winnipeg Wednesday morning. We were basically told to pray for a miracle and we packed funeral clothes. For the first 3 days after they kept him in a medically induced coma and on life support. His vitals seemed decent but the biggest concern was that he could be brain dead. Then on Friday they removed the cooling blanket and warmed him up. By Friday evening he actually woke up and could answer yes and no questions and even whisper a few words. So that was a huge relief. He weren't sure if there was some brain damage or not but at least we know he's in there to some extent.
Unfortunately late that night he became extremely agitated and was thrashing around and tore out his tubes and IV. They had to sedate him and since then they have tried bringing him out of it he has been very agitated and delirious. So as of right now we are waiting for his heart to get stronger so they able to try again. They did an angiogram and it turns out he'll need a triple bypass when he is awake and strong enough.
Watching game 6 of the Habs/Rangers series on Thursday sure put things into perspective. I'm normally very emotionally involved in the games and a loss like that in an elimination game and would have been really pissed off. In this case I barely cared. Don't get me wrong, I would have loved to see them win and keep winning but it just didn't seem to matter.
So last Tuesday night shortly after the Habs win in game 5 while I was basking in the glory my father suffered a massive heart attack. He too is a huge Habs fan and watched the game and was on cloud 9. After he and my step mom watched the game he was so happy. They decided to watch America's Got Talent which was on the PVR. Which may have saved his life. They were discussing the acts as they watched then during the first commercial break his wife noticed that he wasn't fast forwarding through the commercial she looked over and his eyes were closed. She she told him to wake up and he wouldn't open his eyes. So after trying for a few seconds she called 911. They arrived within 6 minutes and were able to get his heart beating again.
After hearing the news we made the 12 hour drive from Meadow Lake SK to Winnipeg Wednesday morning. We were basically told to pray for a miracle and we packed funeral clothes. For the first 3 days after they kept him in a medically induced coma and on life support. His vitals seemed decent but the biggest concern was that he could be brain dead. Then on Friday they removed the cooling blanket and warmed him up. By Friday evening he actually woke up and could answer yes and no questions and even whisper a few words. So that was a huge relief. He weren't sure if there was some brain damage or not but at least we know he's in there to some extent.
Unfortunately late that night he became extremely agitated and was thrashing around and tore out his tubes and IV. They had to sedate him and since then they have tried bringing him out of it he has been very agitated and delirious. So as of right now we are waiting for his heart to get stronger so they able to try again. They did an angiogram and it turns out he'll need a triple bypass when he is awake and strong enough.
Watching game 6 of the Habs/Rangers series on Thursday sure put things into perspective. I'm normally very emotionally involved in the games and a loss like that in an elimination game and would have been really pissed off. In this case I barely cared. Don't get me wrong, I would have loved to see them win and keep winning but it just didn't seem to matter.
