"jmcquown" > wrote

> Thank you, Elisa. At his age, it's very serious. They did a couple of
> surgeries late last year on his legs (both of them) but one didn't take.
> They tried an angioplasty Monday, 5/2, on the blockage but it didn't work.
> So on Thursday or Friday (the surgeon didn't know as of yesterday - it's a
> small hospital) they are going to do a full bypass by stripping a vein
> from
> one leg and doing an arterial bypass on the other leg. Sans getting the
> blood-flow going, Dad will lose his foot. He's almost 81 years old so of
> course I'm very concerned and ready to fly down there at a moment's
> notice.

Oh, Jill, that's scary. You know you're in my thoughts. Please keep me
in the loop if you can.

(hug) nancy