Making Lemonade on Long Island....
Trip Start
Jun 20, 2007
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5
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Trip End
Apr 09, 2008
Mineola,
New York,
United States
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Modern medicine (and I know they've been doing this for a long time already, but its my first exposure) and the cardiac bypass procedure is absolutely amazing. It seems like a heart surgery mill, in fact. At 5 am a bunch of folks between 50 and 80 go in, get their veins harvested from their legs and they all come out on the other end with new cardiac arteries. About 4 days later, they pop out of their hospital rooms, ready to go home. Anyway, it was amazing to me. So we spent a lot of time keeping my dad company in the hospital, with a side trip to NYC on the train to see the Guggenheim....
We call him heart man...
Now my dad (and mom--who will take care of him, even when he's grumpy) gets to do the work of recovering, staying active by walking around the neighborhood and appreciating how lucky and healthy he is. ...As we all should if we can say the same for ourselves.
We will leave NY by the end of August and are due back in Victoria for about a week until we can get on our delayed flight to Delhi. We've missed the summer and monsoons in India, but also the opportunity to go to an area that will be snowed in by Sept. 15th. We're just very happy that everything worked out okay back here.
Look for us later in September from India...
Comments
yeah!
We are so glad your Dad is okay. Your travels will still be long and plentiful and we can't wait to see what adventures await you!
Love Seth and Katya (t&j too!)...all living vicariously through you.
Hi!
Lauren, you got plenty of practice making lemonade in Riverside! So glad to know your dad is doing well.
Have a safe send off on your journey, looking forward to the updates.
Pat