Victor's surprise Quadruple Bypass !!

We were merrily en route from Jacksonville, Florida with son Nathan's U-Haul (headed to Idaho) planning to spontaneously stop and sightsee wherever and whenever the desire hit us. We had spent a delightful Sunday with a childhood friend in Knoxville, Tennessee and the following day spent several hours at the Shaker Village in Harrodsburg, Ky. We were a day behind to make it to Bloomington, Indiana where I was going to show Victor where I had gone to school for my MLS and say hi to a couple of friends who still live there.
We neared Bloomington by 11 p.m. Victor decided that several episodes of puzzling chest and arm pain was worth checking out, so we went straight to the Emergency room of the new Monroe Hospital. Long story short: Three hospitals later and several doctors we found ourselves in Indianapolis with Victor undergoing emergency Quadruple Bypass surgery (Friday May 22nd). There was no heart attack, no permanent heart damage, just a super concern because he has the family history, diabetes and (unbeknownst to us) a year or more of high blood pressure which contributed to the blockages in the arteries.
He came through it wonderfully. The first days of each succeeding piece of worse news and the surgery itself was not fun or easy. This is a very serious thing that can make a patient look flattened and totally helpless. But the years of walking had done him well and he progressed out of the critical care unit and amazed all the nurses with his strength and ability to get up and be about the business of carrying on. Things went so well that we were released several days earlier than what we were first expecting and were finally allowed to fly back to Vegas. He got home in time to attend the final performance of his production of "My Turn on Earth" and enjoy the wedding reception the following night of the son of some dear friends in the ward.
We acknowledge the Lord's tender care in our behalf through this difficult experience. Adele spent many nights curled up in a chair in the waiting room, or on cots in Victor's room. But we were in a one of the best Cardiac Hospitals in the Country under the care of an exhuberant and caring surgeon. MANY, MANY prayers were offered in our behalf and we both felt that sustaining influence. There is much to be grateful for.
And now.....it is on to the business of learning to deal with the new, improved version of Victor Austin!!!!