Daddy had a good night and was able to rest. When we checked on him first thing he was joking and laughing. Looks like the pacemaker is going to be the answer. From what we understand they could insert the permanent pacemaker as soon this afternoon and if that's the case he will probably be able to go home tomorrow.
Feeling good about Daddy's progress, we all left his room and didn't return for about 30 minutes or so. Much to our surprise, he was having a stroke. It happened all too fast...from laughing and cutting up to unintelligible speech and little use of his right side in less than an hour.
The nurses were great...they worked fast and did all they could do to make Daddy comfortable and help us understand. Not that any of us really did. I think we were in shock...this very active 81 year old man, our dad - husband - grandad - uncle who was playing golf less than 24 hours earlier now laying in a hospital bed barely able to communicate and totally helpless. Life can change so quickly.
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