Friday, June 8, 2012

The third and final day of making cinnamon rolls.  This batch turned out the best yet, well at least they looked the best, I didn't actually taste them.  Right in the middle of making these rolls I got a call from James. He said he was at his cardiologist appointment with Dr. Memon and the doctor was sending him straight to the hospital.  He said he should not be having chest pains with the medication he is on.  They are going to do an angioplasty and possibly put a stint in.  I hurried and finished my cinnamon rolls which were for a dessert auction tonight at the Navajo Taco dinner to raise money for girls' camp.  I made arrangements for my neighbor Kathy Crane to take my c-rolls to the dinner.  I left Vernon around 1:30 and headed for Gilbert Mercy, the hospital where James was admitted.  I got there around 5:25 (made several stops) and just missed seeing James before they took him back.  Our family really came to the rescue today.  Dave and Terry gave James a blessing.  Lois, Dawn, Dave, Laura, and Terry stayed with him for about three hours until Stacy, Paul, Sheri, Kim, got there.  I'm just sad I didn't make it there in time to see him before he went in to surgery.  When the surgery was over Dr. Memon came in and told us he had a 99% blockage in an artery difficult to see, behind the heart.  Darrel, Stacy and I went back with Dr. Memon to the room off of the surgery room and he showed everything to us on video.  It was amazing.  Dr. Memon made the comment that someone is looking after James from up above.  We couldn't agree more.  This evening our friend from Del Rio 2nd, Judy Pargetter came by for a visit.  She stayed a couple of hours and helped me find bedding for the couch in James's room (Rm 2011) where I will be sleeping tonight.  Judy has been the caregiver for her husband for the past 2 or 3 years.  We love her.  She said she put James's name on 5 temples and Allen, her husband, gathered their family around and they all said a prayer for him.  We are blessed to have such wonderful family and friends!